Number of guest workers in Russia: consequences of labor migration

How many migrants are there in Russia

The number of all foreigners entering the country is subject to strict accounting. According to statistics from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, from January of this year to November the migration situation is as follows.

Migration report of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for 2021 and 2021.

Almost 16.5 million foreign citizens were registered for migration in 2021, compared to 14.5 million registered in 2019.

Statistics of emigration from Russia by country in 2021

Russia has traditionally been a labor market for immigrants from neighboring countries. But in recent years, Rosstat has recorded an extraordinary surge in labor migration that has swept the country. The majority of visitors are migrant workers from Ukraine, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Moldova. Many Russians are in favor of expelling migrants from the country, believing that they are taking away their jobs. However, we should not forget that it is these newcomers who ensure the migration growth of the Russian population.

TOP 5 popular countries for emigration of Russians in 2021

The postulate that every person strives for a better life has long and firmly entered the consciousness of people. And few people today can be surprised by emigrant sentiments. According to statistics provided by researchers from the United States, every fifth Russian sees himself as a resident of another country and is ready to pack his bags. Of course, there are many reasons that make potential migrants think that they will be much better off abroad.

An unfavorable economic or political situation in a country forces its residents to look for states with favorable living conditions and great opportunities. The term migration, meaning relocation, includes many types of movement of citizens, including not only to Russia, but also from the country.

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Types of migration

The gradation of the movement of citizens from one state to another is carried out according to several parameters:

From the point of view of finality (irrevocable - permanent residence, returnable - residence permit and other types);
By time of stay (seasonal - tourist, pendulum - work shift and other regular movements);
By direction (to the country - immigration, from the country - emigration);
According to the degree of coercion (voluntary, forced, forced).

By the way. The migration situation is changing all the time. Currently, there are more immigrants in Russia than those who left it to seek a better life outside the country. But experts, due to the worsening economic situation, predict an increase in the emigration wave in the coming year.

Russia needs foreign workers

According to official statistics on the website of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, 97% of visiting workers are citizens from CIS countries. In the first half of 2021, the largest number of citizens registered for migration were from Uzbekistan (1.2 million people), Tajikistan (634 thousand), Ukraine (213 thousand), Kyrgyzstan (202 thousand) and Armenia (106 thousand). .

From which countries do migrants come to Russia?

Therefore, the main task of the concept of the state migration policy of Russia until 2025, signed by V.V. Putin last year - to create conditions “to reduce the imbalance in the distribution of the population” and “meet the needs of the economy.”

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Why do foreigners go to the Russian Federation?

Among the main goals of migrants, almost all relate to the normalization of living standards:

Personal and family safety;
Medical care in an accessible form;
Educational opportunity;
Availability of work and livelihood;
Availability of housing or the possibility of purchasing it;
Availability of products necessary for quality nutrition.

By the way. The level of development of different countries is different. From many countries, migrants go to Russia for all this. Many emigrate from Russia to more successful countries for the same thing.

Today, some immigration decline is predicted, but this is only in comparison with the eventful 2013-2014. Compared to 2021, 2021 and 2021, more people immigrated to the Russian Federation this year.

Migrants from Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan has been leading in the number of migrants traveling to the Russian Federation for several years. This year the trend continues.

By the way. Over the three quarters of 2021, more than 3.5 million people from this republic entered the federation. Of these, almost one and a half million are for work purposes (according to migration cards).

Of course, not everyone managed to find a job: some returned, others were expelled from the country for violations, but in general, Uzbek workers in number pushed aside Tajik ones and took strong leading positions.

Migrants from Tajikistan

This state is in second place of honor in terms of the number of citizens who left it and went to Russia. Of the 1,745,555 guests in Russia in the first three quarters of the year, almost 800 thousand people came to work.

By the way. The flow of Tajik labor migrants has decreased, despite the amnesty announced by the Russian government for “non-entry” citizens of this country and permission for them to cross the border of the federation.

Migrants from Ukraine

Previously, after the Uzbeks and Tajiks, the top three were formed by Kyrgyz citizens. But starting from 2013, they were supplanted by Ukraine, which is still in third place in terms of the number of residents who came to Russia. True, out of more than a million Ukrainians who arrived, only 347,272 indicated employment as their migration goal.

Emigration schedule from Ukraine

Distribution across Russian territory

Traditionally, most workers tend to move to Moscow and the region, as well as to St. Petersburg.

Table. Territorial distribution of immigrants

Illegal immigration

In October of this year, the mayor of Moscow, voicing the city’s income from legal labor migration, named the figure 16 billion rubles.

Of course, illegal migration is undesirable for the state, and it combats this phenomenon with strict punitive measures.

Fines amounting to more than 7 million rubles are issued annually. The rules are becoming stricter. Illegal immigrants are expelled from the country. In addition, the state can prohibit the return of an illegal immigrant for a certain period of time and even put him in prison if repeated or malicious violations of migration policy are revealed.

In 2021, a number of updated laws and regulations came into force, ignorance of which does not exempt foreigners from liability:

The cost of labor patents has increased (minimum – 2,023 rubles, maximum – 8,354 rubles);
The quota for issuing temporary residence permits has been reduced by almost half;
The quota for foreign workers was reduced by 20%;
VHI policy has become mandatory;
Regions received permission to limit the intake of migrants at their discretion;
Sakhalin and Yakutia do not allow foreigners to work in security departments, gold mining, healthcare, education;
Novosibirsk does not accept migrants in 39 areas of activity;
Fines for employers for late conclusion of contracts with immigrant workers have increased.

All these measures are aimed at legalizing the labor of foreigners and scrupulously recording them.

Unofficial estimates

For some reasons, it is customary not to trust official data from Rosstat in Russia, and therefore there are unofficial estimates for many statistical parameters.

The most unusual estimate is based on tracking the movements of subscribers of cellular operators

. A few years ago, the Moscow Government planned to use this data source. Later, the collected material reached MSU researchers, who wrote the article “Analysis of the pulsations of the settlement system of the Moscow agglomeration using data from cellular operators.”

The article itself is more like a deep mathematical analysis, but the conclusions from it are surprising. They are based on ordered data (second SIM cards in phones, modems and other devices were removed from the analysis), and adjustments were made for the fact that young children do not have phones.

The conclusion is this: the population of Moscow is actually smaller than official statistics say. Using the networks, it was possible to track 10.7 million people, and this includes both residents of the capital and migrant workers (who may not be registered at all, but have telephone numbers).

That is, out of the official 12.3 million residents of the capital (the article was written 2 years ago), researchers from Moscow State University were missing 1.6 million.

What's interesting is that all this can be easily explained:

many nonresident students
visit Moscow on short visits, but are officially registered in the capital. There are about 400 thousand people;
a large percentage of pensioners
prefer to live in rural areas or small towns, but for the sake of high pensions and various benefits they continue to be registered in the capital;
The 2010 population census, from which further calculations are made, was carried out using not very accurate methods.

In addition, the population of Moscow varies greatly during the day: millions of people come to the capital every day from the nearest Moscow region to work or study, and at peak times the population can reach 15 million people

There is another study that confirmed the idea that the official population of Moscow is overestimated. It was not published as an article, but the figures can be verified using open data.

So, they tried to determine the number of Muscovites based on the number of registered voters.

Any person who has reached the age of 18 and has not been declared incompetent by a court can be a voter. The entire population of the capital at the beginning of 2018 was 12,506.5 thousand people. From this figure we can subtract preschool children (811.3 thousand), schoolchildren (854 thousand), secondary school students under 18 years of age (99 thousand) and university students under 18 years of age (140 thousand).

In total, it turns out that there should be 10,602.11 thousand voters in Moscow. If you take away those who may have been deprived of legal capacity by a court, you get a generalized figure of 10.6 million people. But according to official data, approximately 7.2 million voters are registered in Moscow according to registers.

In other words, even with an approximate count, approximately 3.4 million voters may be missing

. Some of them may relate to migrants from other countries (who, however, also have the right to vote in local elections). However, we can say that the official statistics are somewhat inflated.

However, there are other unofficial estimates of Moscow's population that show the opposite picture - that official statistics are underestimated.

For example, back in 2011, Moscow City Duma deputy Anton Paleev estimated that about 20 million people live

. He made such conclusions based on the volume of food consumption in the city.

Another estimate is based on an estimate of the share of Internet users from Moscow among all users in Russia in 2013. But this estimate is very doubtful - the real population is underestimated by 10-50%. However, it is worth considering the higher standard of living in the capital and the availability of the Internet (unlike some other regions of the country).

By the way, they often estimate the population not only of the city, but of the entire agromeration. It includes the city itself and its associated suburbs. Moscow agglomeration

is considered to include a suburban area within a radius of 70 kilometers from the Moscow Ring Road. According to various estimates, its population ranges from 16.6 to 25 million people.

Obviously, different estimates cover different numbers of areas. For example, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin considers Moscow and the region to be the Moscow agglomeration. In addition, the mayor says that in addition to 25 million from the capital and region, about 15 million more people are “drawn into” the life of the city.

That is, Moscow, according to Sobyanin, represents a quarter of all Russia.

Emigration – where do Russians go?

Along with accepting foreign citizens, Russia annually produces millions of residents who migrate in relation to the state. Resettlement to countries more economically developed than Russia is an inevitable process.

It is promoted by:

Weakening of the ruble;
Increase in unemployment rate;
Declining standard of living in Russia.

Important! In contrast to the immigration flow that comes to the Russian Federation from neighboring countries and consists of 80% unskilled or low-skilled workers, mostly mid- and highly qualified specialists leave Russia.

Rosstat – graph of emigration from Russia

The surge in emigration began after a long decline in 2013 due to the Ukrainian crisis. Analysts also associate the increased outflow of emigrants with Putin’s re-election to another term and the lack of significant economic reforms in the country.

Countries to which Russians travel:

USA;
Canada;
Australia;
Germany;
Finland;
Georgia;
Israel;
Great Britain;
Czech Republic;
Norway;
Spain;
New Zealand;
Switzerland;
Türkiye;
Korea;
Estonia.

All these countries are characterized by stable economies and ample opportunities for specialists to realize themselves professionally. The high standard of living of citizens of these states and its quality are also taken into account. The last, although not least, factor is the degree of complexity of the legalization process in the country chosen for emigration.

By the way. If you believe the statistics, the majority of those who left still preferred to live in countries with an economic level equal to Russia’s - the CIS countries.

Over the previous year, 313,210 people left the federation, 256,480 of them for the CIS. This:

Kazakhstan;
Armenia;
Moldova;
Uzbekistan;
Kazakhstan;
Tajikistan.

Only 56,730 Russian citizens left for the rest of the world.

Schedule of Russian migration processes

Important! In the Russian Federation, like no other country, internal migration is developed. When from distant districts some people go to the center of the country for prestige, while others, on the contrary, leave for the northern districts for high earnings.

Everything about everything

The topic of Moscow's status has been raised many times. The overwhelming majority of Russians are upset that Moscow is the capital of Russia. I will once again remind Russian citizens: NOT Russia, but the Russian Federation. Russia is a term for internal use. The Library of the US Congress clearly states Russian Federation - the OFFICIAL name of the state. It is the Federation. This means that Moscow is the capital of the Federation of Peoples of Russia. 1-Consequently, Moscow cannot be the Russian Capital in ANY WAY. 2- How many Russians are there in Moscow now? To clarify the issue, we turn to the Internet. Moreover, you will immediately have to clarify that the “nationality” column has disappeared from the passport, therefore there cannot be accurate data yet. In addition, the official authorities do not provide specific figures. When I started searching and comparing numbers by nationality, I scrolled through quite a few websites. Almost by accident I came across the B.G-Znanie.Ru
https://www.bg-znanie.ru/article.php?nid=3209 I emphasize that this is not an advertisement. The author of the material sensibly analyzed the national composition of the “Capital of Russia.” I confess honestly. This made an impression on me. Therefore, I present the article in its entirety, and propose again to URGENTLY move the CAPITAL of Rus' to Krasnoyarsk. \"How many Russians are left in Moscow?

Today 10.5 million people live in Moscow. These are the data from the latest census. How many of them are Russian? There are no complete statistics anywhere. The data of a number of government departments is simply ridiculous and absurd (“in Moscow, only a few tens of thousands of Azerbaijanis live,” certain officials claim. Let us add on our own: it turns out that the number of Azerbaijanis and Greeks is approximately the same. Common sense rests in the southern seas, where where are the children of these officials). Russians do not need to know the true number of foreigners in Moscow. What is being so carefully hidden from the Russian residents of the city, why are these figures not known to the general public in full? Let the figure of 30,000 illegal immigrants remain on the conscience of those who came up with it. Let’s try to find out on our own, using available sources, the question: how many foreigners are there in Moscow, how many are Russian citizens and how many are Russians. At least in general terms, this information can be collected bit by bit from various sources. The picture that appears before our eyes is simply striking in its catastrophic nature; it becomes clear and understandable why data on the national composition of Moscow residents is considered undesirable and is not widely disclosed. The indigenous people are not supposed to know this, otherwise they will begin to think about their fate, about the future of their children. With all possible consequences.

So, only 10.5 million residents of Moscow. Of them:

Azerbaijanis

In August 2002, the head of the Private Security Department of the Moscow Main Internal Affairs Directorate, Viktor Vokhmintsev, named a figure of 1,500,000 Azerbaijani citizens settled in Moscow. Before this, the same figures were given by the Azerbaijani Embassy itself. The representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs also drew attention to the fact that most of them are in Moscow illegally.

Tatars

The number of this people in Moscow, the newspaper \"AiF Moscow\" (Internet version, #39 (377) 09/27/2000) estimates at 900 thousand people. (Tatar information sources give approximately the same figures).

Armenians

At the press conference \"How to resist neo-Nazis?\" (held at the Press Development Institute, as part of the European Week against Racism, which took place from March 16 to 23, 2002), the director of the Center for Interethnic Cooperation, Ashot Hayrapetyan, spoke. \"AiF Moscow\" (Internet version, #39 (377), 09/27/2000) provides data on 600 thousand Armenians.

Jews

On March 10, 2002, the synagogue on 6th Brighton was filled with immigrants from the CIS countries. Those who left but did not forget their homeland came here to meet with the Chief Rabbi of Russia Berl Lazar to learn first-hand about the Jewry of Russia, its present and future. Today, about 1 million Jews live in Russia, including 200 thousand in Moscow. These figures were stated by the President of the Federation of Jewish Communities, Mikhail Gluz. The newspaper \"AiF Moscow\" (Internet version, #39 (377) 09/27/2000) gives a figure of 500 thousand people, which is quite realistic, given the count of Jews descended not only from a Jewish mother (exactly such Jews are considered "full-fledged Jews" in the ethnic environment), but also from a Jewish father.

Georgians

On August 19, 2002, in response to questions from Mayak radio listeners, in the author’s program Yulia Semenova, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Valery Loshchinin said: “In general, in Russia, indeed, Georgians, the Georgian people are treated with great warmth. These are charming and nice people. Suffice it to say that more than 300 thousand Georgians live and work in Moscow. Essentially, the money they earn largely provides part of the Georgian budget." \"AiF Moscow\" (Internet version, #39 (377), 09/27/2000) provides data on 350 thousand Georgians living in Moscow.

Gypsies

The newspaper \"AiF Moscow\" (Internet version, #39 (377) 09/27/2000) estimates the number of gypsies in Moscow at approximately 300 thousand.

Moldovans

Let us quote the Information Bulletin of the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation (No. 17(29), September 16-30, 2002). \"Following the results of the official visit to the Russian Federation of the Parliamentary Advocates of the Republic of Moldova, a press conference was held in the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation. It was also attended by the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, Oleg Mironov... About 300 thousand Moldovan migrants are working on construction sites in Moscow today, and it is impossible to say how many of them are in Russia, noted Alexey Potynga (Director of the Center for Human Rights of the Republic of Moldova) - since they are in the country illegally.\"

Chechens

Radio Liberty, October 16, 2002. Narrated by Radio Liberty correspondent in the North Caucasus, Musa Khasanov. \"If you follow the statistics, then in the city of Moscow alone, not counting other regions of Russia and foreign countries, there are more than 250 thousand Chechens (according to various sources, the figure can reach up to 300 thousand people)\"

Vietnamese

\"Moskovskaya Pravda\" from 03/16/2002 reports good news: \"Our guests from fraternal Vietnam respect Russian laws a little more - out of 240 thousand Vietnamese living in Moscow, about 200 people wished to pay a visit to the tax office.\"

Tajiks

June 21, 2001, Radio Liberty broadcast. Tengiz Gudava, host of the program "Caucasus and Charogi Ruz", Tajik journalist Dodojon Atovullo, who explains the following: "Moscow for me, despite the persecution of the police, life in humiliation and without any rights, was the city of my youth, the city of my student life , it was easier to get information there, it was easier to make a newspaper, it was easier to distribute it, because 200 thousand Tajiks live in Moscow.\"

Chinese

\"Vesti.ru\" dated 02.02.2002 published the following information: \"Deputy head of the presidential administration Viktor Ivanov, speaking on Friday at the board of the Ministry of Justice, called the suppression of illegal migration one of the main tasks of law enforcement agencies...Of the 200 thousand Chinese in Moscow , only 350 are registered. How many of them pay taxes is unknown to science. Agree that the numbers are impressive. But this is a diagnosis.\"

Uzbeks

Kazakh online newspaper \"Navigator\" dated July 12, 2001: \"There are now over 150 thousand Uzbeks in Moscow. The Kazakhs have not crossed the ten thousand mark for a decade and a half now.\"

Afghans

\"Moskovskaya Pravda\" dated April 5, 2002 reports: \"Over 60 thousand Afghans are officially registered in Moscow. From the war-torn region they move across the Tajik, Kyrgyz and Uzbek borders. There they are looked after by local criminal groups, which have long-standing and well-established channels for transporting illegal immigrants to Russia, mainly by rail. The magazine "Continent" (No. 17 (55) September 12 - 25, 2001) provides the following figures: "There are up to 100 thousand Afghans in Moscow alone."

Bashkirs

\"Rural life\" (No. 51 (22763), July 11, 2002) in the article \"The many colors of Sabantuy - 2002\" provides data on 100 thousand people.

Dagestanis

The online newspaper \"Right Resistance\" in its issue dated October 20, 2000 writes: \"Everyone knows about the \"Caucasian factor\", but not everyone is aware of the true scale. Here’s just one example: 500 thousand Dagestanis live in Moscow." The website of the Moscow House of Nationalities provides other data: “The Dagestan community numbers more than 50 thousand people.” The true number of representatives of the peoples of Dagestan in Moscow most likely does not exceed 100 thousand people.

Chuvash

The magazine of the Russian Peoples' Friendship University in No. 2 for 1998 talks about the Chuvash residents of Moscow: \"Guriy Zinovievich does a lot of public work, being the Chairman of the Board of the Moscow Society of Chuvash Culture, which unites more than 60 thousand Chuvash living in Moscow.\"

Ingush

\"Izvestia\" dated July 13, 1999. \"Some Moscow Caucasian communities are so crowded in relation to the total number of people that you are surprised: who remained in their homeland? For example, according to unofficial estimates, up to 50 thousand Ingush are constantly in Moscow, almost a fifth of the entire people."

Africans

Researcher V. Stelmakh in the newsletter \"Conflict - dialogue - cooperation\" (March-May 2001, No. 7, publication of the Center for Strategic and Political Studies) estimates the approximate number of representatives of the African diaspora staying in Moscow illegally at 30 thousand people. The magazine "Facts, Events, Comments" (Moscow, June 2002), in a large and detailed study of Russian crime, provides the following data: "In total, about 100,000 Africans live in Russia." Thus, we can conclude that their total number in the capital is no less than 50 thousand people.

Turks

Researcher V. Stelmakh in the newsletter \"Conflict - dialogue - cooperation\" (March-May 2001, No. 7, publication of the Center for Strategic and Political Studies) provides official statistics on the number of Turkish builders in Moscow - 11,622 people. The total number of Turks in Moscow can reach 15-20 thousand people.

Kurds

\"AiF Moscow\" (Internet version, #39 (377) 09/27/2000) speaks of 20 thousand Kurds living in Moscow.

Greeks

On the website of the Moscow House of Nationalities you can find out that \"According to modern estimates, 20 thousand Greeks live in the Moscow region.\"

Koreans

Russian Journal (www.russ.ru) in the publication \"Koreans of the CIS, or the Extraordinary Adventures of Confucians in Russia\" dated January 9, 2002 states: \"The largest number of Koreans ended up on the territory of Uzbekistan (approximately 200 thousand), Kazakhstan (100 thousand), Kyrgyzstan (20 thousand) and, of course, Russia (130 thousand)... As a result, the Korean population of Moscow, which in Soviet times was measured in several thousand, by the end of the 1990s amounted to 15 thousand people. Apparently, this is just the beginning; resettlement to Russia will continue.\"

Assyrians

\"League of Nations\" (\"Newspaper with an accent\" is its subname) in the material \"\"Round table\" on the problems of Russian communities\" (https://www.liga-n.ru/cgi /site.exe?Get=P roject1-22) gives figures for this people: \"Anatoly Bitkhamov: We speak Assyrian. We have differences in dialects, maybe the same as between Belarusians and Russians, but we always understand each other. At one time there were somewhere between 20 and 25 thousand Assyrians in the Union. In present-day Moscow there are somewhere around 7 - 10 thousand. Well, naturally, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, many from neighboring countries moved to Russia.\”.

Kazakhs

Journalist Yana Amelina writes on the pages of the magazine Continent (05/28/2002, p. 5): “At the same time, there are about a million Kazakhs in Russia, concentrated mainly in the regions adjacent to Kazakhstan, in particular in the Orenburg region. There, as well as in Moscow, where about 10 thousand Kazakhs live, regional Kazakh national-cultural autonomies have long been registered.\"

Other peoples

Representatives of many other nations also live in Moscow, incl. Mordovians, Ossetians, Poles, Germans, Latvians, Lithuanians, Kyrgyz, Udmurts, Mari, Turkmens, Estonians, Buryats, Tats, Abkhazians, Kabardians, Arabs, Karelians, Spaniards, Cubans (9 thousand people), Komi, Bulgarians, Serbs (together with Croats more than 50 thousand people), Croats, Kalmyks, Karachais, Adygeis, Balkars, Finns, Abazas, Crimean Tatars (1000 people), Gagauz, Meskhetian Turks, Romanians, Hungarians, Czechs, etc. Total number of these peoples does not exceed 200,000 people.

So, in the end, we have a total number of foreigners and Russian citizens of non-Russian nationality of approximately 6,300,000 people.

Let us remember that a total of 10.5 million people live in Moscow.

Let us subtract 6.3 million foreigners and non-Russian citizens of Russia from 10.5 million - and we find out that Great Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians in Moscow: 4 million 200 thousand or 40% of the total number of city residents. Ukrainians in Moscow, according to A.A. Grigorovich, Chairman of the Moscow branch of the Association of Ukrainians in Russia, 600-800,000 people. Belarusians, according to Frantisek Kovrigo, chairman of the autonomy \"Belarusians of Russia\", more than 100,000 people.

Considering that Ukrainians and Belarusians are called separate peoples from Russians (Great Russians) (today society is split on this issue and does not have a common opinion), let us subtract the fraternal peoples and find out the approximate number of residents of Moscow - Russians (Great Russians):

3 million 300 thousand people or 31%.

How many foreigners, citizens of other states, are there in Moscow? Most foreigners are in Moscow illegally, i.e. are criminals who violate the laws of Russia (including the recently adopted \"Law on the Stay of Foreign Citizens\") and are accordingly subject to deportation. In 2001 alone, more than 500 thousand such people were discovered. These are only those who came to the attention of law enforcement agencies.

Let us give a list and number of national diasporas (the total number of which exceeds 50 thousand people), most of whose representatives arrived in Moscow in the last 10 years from foreign countries (to identify the number of native residents of Moscow of a given nationality, we will immediately give their number in Moscow in 1989 G.). We will also give the number of legally working foreigners (data from the newspaper Izvestia dated January 31, 2000).

Azerbaijanis - 1,500,000 (1989 - 20,727). Legally working: 124

Armenians - 600,000 (1989 - 43,989). Legally operating: 1.551

Georgians - 350,000 (1989 - 19,608). Legally working: 3.200

Gypsies - 300,000 (1989 - 1,284). Legally working: no data

Moldovans - 300,000 (1989 - 6,997). Legally working: 3.722

Tajiks - 200,000. (1989 - 2.893). Legally working: 163

Vietnamese - 240,000 (1989 - 1,052). Legally working: no data

Chinese - 200,000 (1989 - less than 1 thousand). Legally working: no data

Uzbeks - 150,000 (1989 - 9,183). Legally working: 197

Afghans - 100,000 (1989 - less than 1 thousand). Legally working: no data

Africans - 50,000. Of these, no more than 10,000 people study at all universities in Moscow. Several thousand more are in the city legally (embassies, work, citizenship). Accordingly, 30-35,000 Africans are illegal immigrants.

Immigrants from other countries - no more than 150,000 people.

In total, there are about 4,000,000 foreigners in Moscow who are subject to deportation in accordance with the laws of the Russian Federation.

And the last question. How many Russian citizens of non-Russian nationality live in Moscow. Let us subtract from 10.5 million 4.2 million Great Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians and 4 million foreigners. We get a figure of 2 million 300 thousand people. The majority (1,900,000. In 1989, these same peoples - 350,000 people) of them are Tatars (900,000. In 1989 - 157,376), Jews (500,000. In 1989 - 174,728), Chechens (300,000. In 1989 city - 2,101), Bashkirs (100,000. In 1989 - 5,417), Dagestanis (100,000. In 1989 - less than 10,000). All others (Chuvash, Mordovians, Ossetians, Mari, Komi, etc.) - 400,000 people.

Most of the above-mentioned peoples have increased their numbers by moving to the capital in the last 10 years from other regions of Russia. And here, of course, there can be no objections. Citizens of Russia have the right to change their place of residence. Another thing is that some ethnic communities, moving en masse to the capital, enter into harsh confrontation with the indigenous residents of the city in all spheres of public life, which in turn leads to increased tension and interethnic conflicts. This applies to representatives of peoples who have serious differences in mentality and lifestyle from the indigenous population of the city (Dagestanians, Ingush, Chechens). Even if there is an error in the calculations per million people, all of the above actually indicates a real catastrophe for the indigenous population of the city. In 1989, there were 7,963,246 Russians, 89%, and 3,300,000 remained, 31%. How many will be left by 2021? A tragedy is happening before our eyes that people don’t notice or don’t want to notice. Millions of people disappeared from life, died or became homeless, and their place was taken by newcomers from other countries. Without any war, without bombing and shelling. The expansion continues, and no one really aims to stop what is happening. Before our eyes, the number of new residents of Moscow is increasing at the expense of foreigners. And this is the situation throughout the country. The same scenario is repeated in cities and villages. The indigenous population is squeezed out and disappears. And hordes of aliens are settling in more and more new regions. Serbian Kosovo is being repeated on Russian soil. Scientists predict the peak of resettlement for 2011-2016. What to do in such a terrible situation in which we find ourselves? Hopes for the authorities to deport 200 illegal immigrants every two weeks? At this rate, the last illegal immigrant will be expelled in a thousand years (do the math yourself). The President of Russia and the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs talk about the need for a tough fight against illegal immigration. Today the \"Law on Foreigners\" has been adopted, more or less strict. But what do we see around us? Sabotage and indifference. Nobody even thinks about doing it. And if something is done, it is only for show, for reporting to TV (\"We are doing, we are carrying out the instructions of the President...\"). There is no reason to expect real action against mass immigration from the officials who sit in the big chairs, who allowed (if deliberately did not create) such a catastrophe. Many of these people are connected with representatives of the mafia diaspora, financial relations, and they will not break with them for the sake of the indigenous population. In this situation there is only one way out. Change presumptuous national traitors from the bureaucracy to people who are not indifferent to the fate of the nation and the Fatherland, adopt local and federal laws that are even stricter and tougher, punish for sabotage and inaction. How is it possible to do this, and what is needed for this? Already today there are people who say and do. Governor of the Krasnodar Territory Tkachev is an example of this, but there are only a few of them. There are national organizations that are trying to talk about this. But the actions of a few enthusiasts alone are not enough. It is necessary to organize and fully support a massive, nationwide Movement against illegal immigration, branches of which have already begun to appear in many regions of Russia. It is necessary to create such branches everywhere and send their representatives to all government bodies, to all government structures that can influence the solution of the problem. A truly nationwide initiative is needed. Nominate in elections to government bodies (governors, city mayors, legislative bodies) only those who talk about the problem of immigration and are ready to work to solve pressing problems. There is no other way. Only by uniting will representatives of the indigenous peoples of Russia be able to resist the expansion of foreigners. Otherwise, death and non-existence. The implementation of the goals and objectives of the Movement against Illegal Immigration will make it possible to stop the national catastrophe and prevent such a tragic ending for our peoples. Today, what will happen tomorrow depends on everyone’s contribution. Great Russia or the territory that was previously called Russia, and on which unknown peoples lived. Only when we assert our right to our land, bequeathed to us by our ancestors, can we be confident in the future of our children. \» More links on the topic: How many Russians are there in Russia? https://preobrazhenie.narod.ru/demo.html

National composition of the population of Russia https://www.residents.ru/nacsostav.shtml

How many people officially live in Moscow? https://www.moscow-faq.ru/all_question/state/200…

Migration forecast

Today there is a surge in the outflow of citizens from the country and a gradual decrease in the influx of migrants. How will the situation develop in the future? There are UN analytical forecasts based on statistical data. They say that this trend will continue at least until 2050. Moreover, population outflow is predicted not only for Russia, but also for all CIS countries.

Net migration rates chart

Migration processes are inevitable. More and more people are getting involved. This cannot be assessed in terms of “good” and “bad.” Every person has the right to choose the country he likes to live in. The main thing is to do it legally, without violating state and immigration laws.

Who will we count?

When asking the question of how many migrants there are in Russia, we need to clarify an important point: who exactly are we calling that? The fact is that in the Russian legal system there is no clear definition of this concept. The Constitution of the Russian Federation uses exclusively the terms “foreign citizen” and “stateless person”. However, in the media, in the legal and bureaucratic spheres, it is the word “migrant” that most often appears to designate foreign workers who have been in Russia for a long time.

Where did this interpretation come from and why are they not called migrants, for example, Indian students studying at Russian universities or Italians sent on long-term business trips?

The answer probably lies in the text of the international “Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Labor Migration and Social Protection of Migrant Workers,” adopted by the CIS countries in 1994. It clearly states the definition:

Migrant worker is a person permanently residing in the territory of the Party of departure who is legally engaged in paid activities in the Party of employment.

It turns out that it is legally correct to call migrants the citizens of the CIS who come to the Russian Federation for the purpose of employment and long-term residence.

An agreement has been concluded between the CIS countries on the protection of migrant workers working in the territory of the Commonwealth.

Territory	Quantitative indicator (people arrived in the 1st-3rd quarter of 2021)
Moscow	1 249 664
St. Petersburg and region	718 567
Moscow region	343 508
Sverdlovsk region	100 485