FMS: thirty percent of inhabitants of the CIS countries visited the Russian Federation from 2010 to 2013

The entry of foreign Residents in Russia increased by 40% since 2010: for 2010 to 2013 in the Russian Federation visited thirty percent of all residents of the CIS countries, informs on Thursday the FMS of Russia.

according to information from the immigration Department, now in Russia with various objectives are more than eleven million foreigners. The overwhelming majority came from the CIS - 9, 1 million people. On the territory of the Russian Federation stays for about 2, 6 million Inhabitants of Ukraine, of which over a million people - Ukrainian citizens forced to leave urgently South-East of Ukraine, said in FMS.

"in General, Russia remains one of the major receiving countries in the world. According to the information of the information system of the FMS of Russia, in the period from 2010 to 2013, the number of visitors to us foreigners increased by forty %. A comparison of our results with the data of the statistical agencies of the CIS countries shows that since the launch of the system in the Russian Federation visited thirty percent of all residents of the CIS countries and two thirds of active labor ", - quotes the press service quoted the head of the FMS Konstantin Romodanovsky.

however, since the beginning of 2015 FMS emphasizes stabilization in the number of migrants in the Russian Federation." We have achieved nothing less entry, and more and timely departure from Russia. Foreign citizens are not to violate our rules and laws, " says Romodanovsky.


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