Russian-speaking migrants in Southeast Asia

Russian-speaking migrants in Southeast Asia


Ryazantsev S.V.

Corresponding Member of the RAS, Dr. Sci. (Econ.), Prof., Director, Institute for Demographic Research of FCTAS RAS; Head Department of Demographic and Migration Policy, MGIMO, Moscow, Russia riazan@mail.ru

ID of the Article: 6811


For citation:

Ryazantsev S.V. Russian-speaking migrants in Southeast Asia. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya [Sociological Studies]. 2017. No 8. P. 66-72




Abstract

The article discusses the features and forms of modern emigration of Russian citizens to South-East Asia based on domestic and foreign statistics especially features of the formation and socio-demographic structure of the “Russian-speaking” communities in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Singapore. The characteristic features of “Russianspeaking” economy operation in the countries of Southeast Asia are discribed, which is not only a serious socio-economic phenomenon with significant development potential. It is noted that in the Russian foreign policy and foreign economic activity, the factor of “Russian-speaking” communities and “Russian-speaking” economies has not yet found a proper reflection and is not used as a resource for promoting Russian interests in the region.


Keywords
factors; forms, trends; the emigration of Russian citizens; Russia; South East Asia (SEA); tourism; temporary migration; migration for permanent residence

References

Riazantsev S.V., Pis’mennaya E.E. (2013) Emigration of scientists from Russia: “circulation” or “brain-drain”. Sotsiologicheskie issledovanya [Sociological studies]. No. 4: 24–35. (In Russ.)

Ryazantsev S.V., Pismennaya E.E., Kuznetsov N.G. (2014) Influence of the visa regime on the tourism of Russians to the countries of Southeast Asia. Turizm: pravo i ekonomika [Tourism: law and economics]. No. 3 (50): 2–7. (In Russ.)

Ryazantsev S.V. (2015) The Modern Russian-Speaking Communities in the World: Formation, Assimilation and Adaptation in Host Societies. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences. Vol. 6. No. 3: 155–164.

Ryazantsev S.V. (2016) Russian Diaspora abroad or Russian speaking communities? Sotsiologicheskie issledovanya [Sociological studies]. No. 12: 84–94 (In Russ.)

Ryazantsev S., Pismennaya E. (2016) Demographic Development of Vietnam in the Context of the “Asian Vector” of Russia’s Foreign Policy. The Social Sciences. No. 11 (23): 5638–5642.

Ryazantsev S.V., Kuznetsov N.G., Khramova M.N., Lukyanets A.S. (2016) Factors, forms and trends of emigration of Russian citizens to the countries of Southeast Asia. Segodnya i zavtra rossiyskoy ekonomiki [Today and tomorrow of the Russian economy]. No. 79–80: 3–8. (In Russ.)

Content No 8, 2017