Migration Processes in the H1 of 2014

Abstract

The migration processes in Russia over the spring and summer of 2014 were being shaped by the deteriorating situation in foreign politics (the events in Ukraine) and by the looming threat of stagnation and recession faced by the Russian economy. As the latest data on migration processes in Russia have not yet been refl ected the official statistics released by the Federal Migration Service of Russia (FMS of Russia) and the Russian State Statistics Service (Rosstat), our analysis of these processes is based mainly on the statements on this issue recently made by public offi cials in the mass media.