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2/2: #Russia: #Migration: The migrants of the Post-Soviet era come to Moscow. Ekaterina Zolotova, @GPFutures

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🗓️ 13 February 2024

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2/2: #Russia: #Migration: The migrants of the Post-Soviet era come to Moscow. Ekaterina Zolotova, @GPFutures
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/russia-walks-a-demographic-tightrope/

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The price you pay depends on the cover chosen in your personal circumstances. I'm John Bachelors with the Katernezolotova who introduces me for geopolitical futures into just like us Russia's experiencing internal migration in a coming

0:48.3

in migration from the former Soviet republics all across Asia from Kyrgyzstan to Tajikistan to Turkmenistan

0:59.8

but the two developed countries that have recently been at war and Russia entered into arbitration,

1:07.0

is still in arbitration, are Azerbaijan where I've traveled repeatedly, And Armenia, which in the contest having to do with the end of the

1:17.2

Soviet Union, are still not settled states, and yet they're very developed. And now, Katerina, you've reported to me the last two years that Yerevan and

1:27.9

Baku were major destination points for young people looking to continue their work, especially their IT work,

1:36.4

and get away from the military operation from the war in Ukraine.

1:40.9

Are people from Yerevan and Baku coming to Moscow? Do you see them there?

1:47.0

Well, if we are speaking about Armenians and Azerbaijanis, of course course they also come to Moscow. They also come here to work but

1:56.8

their work is a little bit different compared for example with Central Asian people.

2:02.3

These people from Caucasus, they are very famous for setting up some

2:06.8

business and conducting business in Russia. There are even spheres where you can find these representatives.

2:15.0

For example, it's beauty salons, it's different shops,

2:19.0

it's the restaurants, there are a lot of Azerbaijani restaurants in Russia and in Moscow especially

2:29.3

beauty salons are mostly Armenian Iranian Iranian are running and working mostly in the beauty.

2:38.1

Salons and they are doing,

2:38.8

they work really good.

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