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Current topic: Muscovite identity and migrants

• Muscovites are spoilt by the migrants issue
• Does Moscow need migrants?
• Moscow authorities and the harmonization of interethnic relations
• Migrants and the Muscovite identity
• Residents of Moscow as "Russians"
• Residents of Moscow as "Muscovites"
• Ethnic vs Muscovite identity and the ethnophores concern

World demographic barometer

• According to the medium variant of the latest UN projections, the world’s population will reach 9.3 billion by mid-century and 10,1 billion by 2100
• According to the medium variant, total fertility rate will decline from 2.5 in 2005-2010 to 2.2 in the mid- and 2.0 at the end of the XXI century
• Life expectancy at birth will increase from 68 to 76 years in the mid- and 81 years at the end of the century
• According to the medium variant, fertility of the world’s population as a whole will be reduced to below replacement level in the middle of the century
• UN forecasters expect changes in migration tendencies and reduction of its contribution to population change
• The aging of the world's population will continue - the median age of humanity will increase, according to the medium variant, from 29 years in 2010 to 38 years in the mid- and 42 years at the end of the century

Analytical articles

• Integration of migrants: challenges, policy, social practices
• Features of ethno-cultural adaptation of migrants’ children in Moscow schools
• Xenophobia strikes its own people
• Experience and practices of integration of migrants from Armenia and Georgia in the Moscow megalopolis
• Armenian Russians through the lens of ethno-sociology
• International experience of integration of migrant women
• Flesh of civic virtue. Multicultural New York
• French people through the eyes of a French geographer

Russian news

• The population of the Russian Federation in 1st quarter of 2011 decreased by 54 thousand
• There are more than 800,000 school-leavers in Russian schools
• Total mortality in Russia declined by more than 11%
• Infant mortality in Russia decreased by one third in 5 years
• Average life expectancy in Moscow is 73,3 years
• The State Duma raised the minimum wage by 6,5%
• Is the pension savings system worth becoming voluntary?
• Raw-material model of the Russian economy will not be able to fulfill social obligations to citizens
• Less than 10% of Russian companies are actually involved in technological innovation
• The number of unemployed in Russia fell by 2.4 percent in two weeks
• Ministry of Health complied a list of organizations offering alternative civilian service
• Any young man must be guaranteed at least one attempt to enter university
• Medvedev has created a fund to support Russians abroad
• 116000 HIV-positive Russians will receive free medicines
• The age in which Russian youth start taking drugs is 13
• The Russian Government suggested a list of occupations prohibited for drug users
• Nearly 40 million Russians suffer from high blood pressure
• Incidence of hepatitis A has declined over the year by more than 15%
• Ticks have already bitten more than a hundred thousand Russians
• Chief pediatrician of the Russian Federation wants to add four vaccines in the vaccination schedule
• More than 2.5 million Russian teenagers will pass an in-depth medical examination in 2011-2012
• Medvedev observed the deplorable state of medical stations in schools and kindergartens
• More than 142 billion roubles in 2 years will be sent to support pediatrics
• The introduction of the adequate perinatal care has led to a decrease in infant and maternal mortality
• Medvedev is ready to support those who care for children with disabilities

Eurasian news

• The resident population of Uzbekistan has exceeded 28.5 million people
• In the 1^st quarter of 2011, Kazakhstan's population grew by 64000 people
• The process of depopulation in Belarus is going to be stopped by the end of 2015
• The population of Belarus is aging
• Life expectancy in Belarus over the last 10 years has increased by 1.2 years for men and by 1.8 years for women
• There are 1286 thousand pensioners in Azerbaijan
• Changing the retirement age in Belarus is not in the current five year plan
• The head of the Georgian Church has become the godfather of nearly 9000 children
• Every fifth child in Belarus is born out of wedlock
• Divorces registered in Moldova will be recognized in the EU
• The average monthly salary in Azerbaijan in April 2011 equals to $ 441.3
• Pensions in Belarus exceeded the subsistence level by 2.2 times
• Azerbaijan has adopted a new mechanism for calculating pensions
• Increase in child allowances in Belarus has been incorporated in the national project of population security
• Bank depositors in Belarus have lost more than $ 1 billion to devaluation
• The number of kindergartens in Kazakhstan increased by 2.6 times in 2010
• South Ossetia has launched the population certification
• The Majilis of the Parliament of Kazakhstan has approved the draft bill on the population migration
• The Majilis of the Parliament of Kazakhstan has ratified the agreement on the legal status of migrant workers
• UN will support the repatriation of the Azerbaijanis in Karabakh
• The problem of refugees in Armenia can only be solved through international cooperation
• The Agency for Religious Affairs has been established in Kazakhstan
• The number of registered HIV-infected people in Armenia is 1040
• The number of suicides has increased in Kyrgyzstan
• Uzbekistan started the polio vaccination campaign for children
• Ukrainian President dismissed the Minister of Health

World news

• Lithuania has 3053800 residents
• Immigration is the only way to stop depopulation in Latvia
• The number of people of non-European origin in the UK has exceeded 9 million
• The number of young Muslims is growing in Latvia
• The highest life expectancy is observed in San Marino and Japan
• The number of births in Latvia in 2010 was the lowest since 1998
• Poland is about to legalize civil partnerships
• Retirement age in Lithuania is planned to be made "flexible"
• 40% of Latvians are paid the minimal salary
• Latvia started collecting signatures for a referendum on benefits
• 136028 people have received Latvian citizenship since 1995
• U.S. cancels Green Card lottery results
• International Labour Organization has stood up for migrant workers
• 37% of young Estonians dream of going abroad for work
• In Latvia, there’s a growing number of asylum seekers from Georgia and Africa
• U.S. expressed concern about the growing number of illegal migrants from Tajikistan
• In Estonia, there’s a growing medical discrimination against people with HIV
• Adolescent mortality in the world has started exceeding infant mortality
• Spanish population at the working age is at high risk of heart disease
• 17th May is the World Hypertension Day
• More intensive immunization campaigns will save 10 million people by 2020
• By the end of 2011, the British will be offered analysis of their life expectancy
• Americans may not be getting enough calcium
• The number of cholera victims in Haiti has exceeded 5000 people
• Home cooking is dangerous for almost half of the world’s population
• Every 10th child in the developed countries is a victim of sexual abuse

Newspapers write about ...

• "Rossiyskaya gazeta" about migration policy in Russia
• "Novye izvestia" about the views of the FMS and the Ministry of Health on the mechanism of quoting foreign labor force
• "Novye izvestia" about migrants and one-day companies
• "Novye izvestia" about simplifications for migrant workers in the Customs Union countries
• “Gazeta.ru” about combatting sham marriages with foreigners
• “Union Report” about the potential of migration from Central Asia
• “Dzd.ee” about antimulticulturalism in Europe
• “Rebelion” about refugees and the Schengen Agreement
• "Nezavisimaya gazeta" about the problematic EU-Russia visa-free future
• “Diena” about bi-communal society in Latvia
• "Nezavisimaya gazeta" about the problems of migration of Russians to the Far East
• “Slon.ru” about the plans to promote inter-regional migration in Russia
• “NG-scenarii" about the internal migration in Russia
• “Bdg.by” about the demographic and economic situation in Belarus
• "Vedomosti" about revolutionary demography in Turkmenistan
• "Express K" about fertility in Kazakhstan
• “Liter.kz” about early marriages in Kazakhstan
• "Belarusskaya Niva" about the project of prevention of abortions in Belarus
• "Narodnaya gazeta" about ART in Belarus
• "Gazeta.ru" and "Nezavisimaya gazeta" about mortality in Russia
• "Rossiyskaya gazeta" about the attitude towards health in Russia and the risks of premature death
• “The Wall Street Journal” about the way to reduce the risk of HIV contamination
• “BBCRussian.com” about polygamy in Tajikistan
• “Opec.ru” about pension systems in the world
• "Tribune" about the retirement age
• “Opec.ru” about the problems of the Russian pension system
• “Novye izvestia” about measures against contingent labor
• "Parlamentskaya gazeta" about the consumer basket
• “Moscow News” about Russians in Dagestan
• "Polit.ru" and "Otkrytaya gazeta" about the 2010 census in Russia
• “Litovskiy kurier” about the first results of the population census in Lithuania
• “NG-scenarii" about Russian cities and villages
• “NG-scenarii" about the regional economy and population
• "Novye izvestia" about the action of the elderly in the Moscow metro

Recent publications

• Migrants in the new environment: the practices of interaction
• The interaction of migration and ethnic processes
• The peoples of the South Urals in the ethno-social dimension
• Legislation and policy on the integration of immigrants
• Migrations and diasporas in the socio-cultural, political and economic area of Siberia. On the verge of the XIX-XX and XX-XXI centuries
• Through the pages of magazines "Russian Migration" and "World Economy and International Relations”
• Contents of the journal “Migrations Société”

Profession: Researcher

• Open letter from sociologists to the RAS President Yu. Osipov
• Memorandum of the III All-Russian Sociological Congress (2008)
• Canadian award for the Russian researcher
• 195 years since the birth of Alexander P. Roslavsky-Petrovsky (1816-1870)

New in the Reading Room

Series "New in Foreign Demography" continued

• Nuptiality, fertility, family over three centuries
• Simulation models in demography

Students’ Page

• Selected essays. Influence of the main classes of mortality causes on the difference in life expectancy in Russia and European countries
• About the Masters Program in Demography
• Masters Program from the students' point of view

New ads

1. Round table at the Institute of Demography, HSE. "Integration of immigrants, its capabilities, limitations and policy of tolerance". June 3, 2011. Moscow, Russia
2. Franco-Russian Center for Humanities and Social Sciences in Moscow announces grants for research, organization of round tables and conferences in 2012
3. Franco-Russian Center for Humanities and Social Sciences offers scholarships for short trips
4. WCF Moscow Demographic Summit: “Family and Future of Humankind”. July 12-14, 2011. Moscow, Russia