By The GlobalistRussia is home to a million more immigrants than its large emigrant diaspora.1. Russia has the world’s third-largest population of immigrants. As of 2015, Russia has a foreign-born population numbering 11.6 million.
2. This figure means about 8% of Russia’s population is foreign-born.
3. Many of these migrants hail originally from former Soviet Republics, particularly impoverished Central Asian countries.
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4. Russia also suffers from a …read more
Source: The Globalist
