MONDAY

1. CURRENT ISSUES

2. STATISTICS

3. ANALYTICAL COMMENTARY

WEDNESDAY

4. THEORY

Commonwealth of Independent States

5. ANALYTICS

Russia Needs Immigrants but Lacks a Coherent Immigration Policy

VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR

KEY TERMS
designateto nominate or select; assign
respective relating individually to each; particular
comprehensive of large scope; covering or involving much; inclusive
expendituremoney spent; expense
stipulateto specify in terms of agreement
assumesuppose; postulate; posit; to take over the duties or responsibilities of
resolveto settle or solve (a question, dispute, etc.)
plenipotentiarya diplomat given full power to conduct business for someone else
statutory relating to or authorized by statute (a law passed by a legislature) 
elaborate to work out in great detail
FOCUS WORDS
shrinkсокращать, сокращаться, сжиматься
encounter сталкиваться, наталкиваться
adherentсторонник, приверженец
inevitableнеизбежный, неминуемый
albeit  хотя, тем не менее, даже хотя
stringent строгий, точный, обязательный, веский, убедительный
obtainполучать, приобретать, добиваться, достигать
forbid запрещать, не позволять
permitлицензия, пропуск
articulate ясно выражать, формулировать
PREPOSITIONS
  1. to shrink by 
  2. accompanied by 
  3. encounter X xenophobic attitudes
  4. with respect to 
  5. aware of
  6. access to
  7. with regard to 
  8. engage in 
  9. integrated into
  10. similar to
WORDS FOR REPORT
a clear age gap on the issue
compared with a smaller share
more likely to favor
the survey explored the public’s views about 
Overall,
In regard to the negative consequences, 
substantial majorities
no statistically significant difference by age 
GRAMMAR PATTERNS

According to government projections, the population is expected to shrink by 2.5 million people by 2035, and the active working-age population will likely decrease by 3.1 million people.

By the 2000s, cases of forced migration had sharply decreased, but migrant workers from Central Asia were flooding the Russian labor market. 

Asian migrants have occupied certain niches in the labor market, such as retail, construction and household services, and as visible minorities, they often encounter xenophobic attitudes.

This ongoing debate has caused a number of dizzying reversals in migration policy over the past two decades. 

Policies were restrictive from 2002 until 2005, and again from 2008 to 2012, but the periods from 2006 to 2007, and again from 2013 to 2016, were relatively liberal.

If the federal authorities are rather reserved in their sympathies and antipathies to different migrant minorities, then regional authorities are free to consider anti-migrant attitudes of their constituents, often using any chance they get to demonstrate their control of the labor market and forbid migrants to engage in various types of economic activity.

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