Migration in Russia: Pros and Cons

This article deals with the positive and negative consequences of foreign labour migration in Russia. The authors emphasize that Russia is not a homogeneous country. The socio-economic implications for regions diff er. This study has found foreign labour migration to be a complicated socio-economic phenomenon, which has a dual eff ect on the labor market in Russia: on the one hand it is filling the gap in the labour force caused by the demographic crisis; on the other hand it increases the tension on the labour market because of migrants