Russia as a New Immigration Country

Policy Response and Public Debate

Bibliographic Data

ID12299908
AuthorsVladimir S Malakhov, Владимир Малахов (0000-0003-0154-5785, Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume66
Issue7
Pages1062-1079
Publication date2014-08-09
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEurope Asia Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0966-8136 • E-ISSN: 1465-3427
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09668136.2014.934140
OpenAlexW2027570350
LanguageEN
Citations received40
References cited17

Both the Russian public and its elites were taken by surprise by the fact that Russia has become an immigration country. It has resulted in widespread anti-immigrant sentiments and inconsistency in government actions. Russian immigration politics, as well as immigration politics in liberal democracies of the West, are characterised by a wavering between protectionist and liberal laissez faire approaches. This leads to a mismatch between public rhetoric and legal decisions. However, two features seem to make the Russian situation specific: open borders with most of the countries of the former Soviet Union and omnipresent corruption. Corruption results in a discrepancy between formal (legal) decisions and informal (illegal) practices

Development economics · Economics · Government (linguistics · Immigration · Immigration policy · International trade · Language change · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Protectionism · Rhetoric · Sociology · Surprise · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Political Conflict and Governance · Russia and Soviet political economy