This bulletin of the Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation deals with migration processes in today’s Russia, studying their characteristics, causes, and ways to regulate them.

The report titled Proposals for Russia’s Migration Strategy through 2035 has been prepared by the order from the Centre for Strategic Research. The period that followed the disintegration of the Soviet Union proved to be challenging for Russia from the perspective of politics, socioeconomics, demographics and migration. The unfavourable demographic trends and the declining and ageing of the population were partially offset by an influx of temporary and permanent migrants from other post-Soviet states. But numerous errors in the migration policy led to a decrease in Russia’s migration attractiveness, turning migration into a source of social tension and an instrument of political infighting.