The number of long-term migrants to Russia has not been growing since 2014, while the rate of their departures keeps increasing. The migration growth – the lowest in the post-Soviet period – fails to make up for the natural decline in the population

As migration growth in Russia's population keeps falling, Russia may face a renewed reduction of its population as early as this year amid the natural decline in the population. This situation is driven by a decreased migration growth from Ukraine amid a weak recovery of the migration inflow...