| ID | 082850 |
| Title Proper | New aspects of the immigration policy of Russia |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Portyakov, Vladimir |
| Publication | 2008. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | One of the distinguishing features of post-Soviet Russia has been a steady decrease in its population: from 148.6 million in 19931 to 146.89 million by January 1, 2000, and 142.01 million by January 1, 2008.2 A definite improvement of the socio-economic situation has made it possible to reduce the natural decline in the population to 477.7 thousand annually during the 2000 - 2007 period, as compared with 929.6 thousand in the 1990s.3 However, the continuing depopulation shows that it is the consequence of not only the specific reforms in post-Soviet Russia, but, to a great degree, the numerous social cataclysms which the country has lived through (the Bolshevik revolution and the Civil war, fight against well-to-do |
| `In' analytical Note | Far Eastern Affairs Vol. 36, No.2; 2008: p113-118 |
| Journal Source | Far Eastern Affairs Vol. 36, No.2; 2008: p113-118 |
| Key Words | Russia ; Immigration Policy |