Search: CIS (25 materials)

 

Russian Migration Policy: Restrict or Liberalize?

Should Russia introduce a visa regime for citizens of CIS countries? The problem of illegal migration in Russia has been exacerbated to a large extent by the mixed migration regime with CIS countries that combines both liberal and restrictive tools. The experience of developed countries shows that in order ...

15.10.2013

Migration in Post-Soviet Countries

... 70 years. Since the 1990s, we have been included in global migration processes both as a source of migrants and as a destination for immigrants.” [1] However, the option of expanding the list of migration partners has never been properly exercised. Migrants from the former Soviet republics continue to dominate inflows into Russia, reaching almost 90–95 per cent of the total. But, in actuality, this is the only “invariance” in the spatial distribution of migration. All other ...

20.09.2013

The Migration Angle of the 2008 Global Crisis

... economy on a global scale, especially in the less developed countries which serve as the main source of labor migrants. According to expert estimates, illegal immigration in Russia soared as a result of tougher work permit regulations for citizens of the CIS countries and the decrease in the migrant quota in 2009 [21] . Consequently, there was a rise in migrants’ rights violations, their working conditions deteriorated, and, in general, the exploitation of migrants rose significantly. At times ...

02.07.2013

Russia’s Relations with the CIS Countries: Outlook for 2020

The 2010s should become a period that defines Russia's destiny for decades to come The CIS may not exist as an entity on the globe, but during the coming decade, we will see a continued buildup of the various separate regions in the former Soviet space, i.e. Eastern Europe (Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine); the South Caucasus (Azerbaijan, ...

28.03.2013

Russia and CIS countries: the relations getting mature

... Among the positive factors is that the USSR disintegration unlike that of the French, Portuguese and even British empires was basically of a peaceful and non-violent nature. The main reason of it is the fact that it was Russia itself or, to be more precise, its elite which initiated the dismantling of the empire. It was completely in the logic of the society’s struggle against absolute power of the CPSU widely perceived as the Union center of power. On June 12, 1990 the Supreme Council of RSFSR ...

02.03.2012
 

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