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ID082850
Title ProperNew aspects of the immigration policy of Russia
LanguageENG
AuthorPortyakov, Vladimir
Publication2008.
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 NoteFar Eastern Affairs Vol. 36, No.2; 2008: p113-118
Journal SourceFar Eastern Affairs Vol. 36, No.2; 2008: p113-118
Key WordsRussia ;  Immigration Policy