Tag: resettlement

Three Demographic Developments in Russia with Serious Political Consequences

October 16, 2014

Staunton, October 15 – Three demographic developments in the Russian Federation reported by media outlets there — the dying out of predominantly Russian areas, labor migrants coming out of the closet in Moscow, and the possibility that a Ukrainian region will re-emerge inside Russia in the Far East — have obvious and potentially destabilizing consequences. […]

Refugees in Russia from Ukraine in Increasingly Desperate Straits, Experts Say

October 13, 2014

Staunton, October 8 Many Russian regions now have more refugees from Ukraine than they had expected or can handle, and officials suggest that more are likely to arrive as Ukraine’s economy and weather deteriorate. As a result, the situation of these refugees is “becoming critical,” according to experts. In Novyye Izvestiya on October 8 journalist […]