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Is Russia's Far East overcrowded by Chinese immigrants?

April 28, 2012 Artem Zagorodnov
One of the myths in Moscow is that Russia’s Far East is overrun with Chinese immigrants. Sergei Pushkarev, the former head of the Vladivostok regional branch of the Federal Migration Service talked to RBTH why this myth persists in the Far East

Dealing with the migration bureaucracy

February 10, 2012 Julia Yakhina
Foreigners wishing to work in Russia and the companies that want to employ them face numerous hurdles and red tape

Russia’s authorities to tighten migration legislature

February 3, 2012 Pavel Koshkin
The country’s Federal Migration Service has fleshed out Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s proposals to restrict immigration

Russia closed for immigration?

January 27, 2012 Pavel Koshkin
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has been sounding off on illegal immigration, but could his strategy backfire?

Russian for immigrants

January 25, 2012 Alesya Lonskaya, Russky Reporter
There are 70,000 children of immigrants, most of them with little knowledge of Russian, attending school in Moscow

Moscow continues to drive Russia's economic growth

October 13, 2011 Sergey Minaev, Vlast
Russia's unemployment levels are dropping - mostly thanks to Russians willing to leave their hometowns for work

Russian immigration law reform: from wholesale to retail

August 12, 2011 Roman Vorobyov
Russia becomes a fastidious host, rigorously selecting its guests. But is this host attractive and hospitable enough?

Immigration challenges both Russia and the EU

August 4, 2011 Vladislav Inozemtsev
The increase in tension between people of different ethnic backgrounds is a concern for leaders in both the former Soviet space and the EU

A writer without residence

July 7, 2011 Tatiana Shabaeva
Why is it so hard for foreigners to get residency in Russia? Could it have something to do with the Federal Migration Service? Tatiana Shabaeva questions the madness

In Central Asia, Russian wave ebbs away

June 17, 2011 Clare Nuttall
Twenty years since the fall of the Soviet Union, Russians find themselves in a tenuous position in the "near abroad"

Russia’s new migrants class

June 7, 2011 Galina Masterova
Central Asians keep Russia's urban centers running, but face constant hostility

Moscow, the great migrant magnet

June 3, 2011 Herbert Mosmuller, The Moscow Times
A vast influx of migrants, 
legal and illegal, has defeated attempts to 
keep track of numbers in Europe’s biggest city

Taken in isolation

May 24, 2011 Svetlana Babaeva
Newcomers enjoy all the privileges Western society offers, yet they have every opportunity to preserve their former way of life. What keeps immigrants apart?

Russia puts out the welcome mat for highly skilled foreigners

May 16, 2011 Anton Makhrov
New federal migration laws are simple enough to encourage specialists to come, and more importantly, to stay

Russia enacts new migration law to attract foreign workers

April 27, 2011 Alexander Kilyakov
Russia has adopted a set of amendments to its migration law aiming mainly to simplify entry to and residence in Russia for highly skilled foreign workers

New wave of Russian expats washes up in ‘Londongrad’

April 25, 2011 Yadviga Yuferova, Olga Dmitrieva
A growing number of Russian people are choosing to relocate to Britain. But who are they? And why do they remain such an enigma to the Brits?

New law grants teaching rights to foreigners

April 20, 2011 Inna Leonova
Foreigners who enter the country on assorted regular travel visas are granted the right to teach without additional permission

Registration rules eased for foreigners

March 30, 2011 Inna Leonova
President Dmitry Medvedev signed into law changes that allow foreigners up to seven business days (up from the current three) to stay in the country without registering

Red Line: Munich, Donald Rumsfeld and British multiculturalism

February 16, 2011 Sergei Strokan, Mira Salganik, Voice of Russia
RBTH now offers an edited transcript of the Voice of Russia's popular Red Line program

The old New Russians

February 1, 2011 Nina Vazhdayeva, Dmitry Serkov, Itogi
Russian retirees are finding a new life and new homes in warmer climates.
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