Gao Jixiang
(№.2,2016)
Abstract:There are huge differences across regions in Russia in terms of the population distribution, its density, structure and the growing trend, and the spatial concentration of population is increasingly intensified. The main reason for the population situation in Russia is the interaction between the natural change of population and the population flow. The unbalanced distribution of population space intensifies the unbalance in regional economic development. Russia tries to relieve the unbalanced distribution of population regions through domestic immigration policy, so as to promote the balanced development of regional economies. However, under the background of the tightened immigrant policy, continuously decreasing population size, and gradually severe aging phenomenon, the problem cannot be solved fundamentally. The profound contradiction between the large territorial area and the decreasing population in unbalanced distribution has become one of the major challenges faced by Russia. For resolving the problem, more flexible immigration policies and some initiatives to create regional growth poles shall be adopted, the industrial restructuring shall be accelerated and the investment environment improved.
Keywords:Russia; population distribution; cross-region migration policy; immigration policy