6 Reasons to Immigrate to Russia

Dmitri Shikhov
2 min readApr 16, 2020

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Did you know that Russia is the world’s 4th destination for international migrants? About 500,000 immigrants move to Russia every year. People find hundreds of reasons to immigrate to Russia.

Here are just 6 of them.

1. Business opportunities. Russia offers a vast 146-million domestic market and developed logistics for exporting to both Europe and Asia. Low taxes, relatively cheap but highly qualified workforce, cheap natural resources make starting a company in Russia especially attractive. Here you can find a step-by-step instruction on how to register a company in Russia.

2. Traditional values. Despite being really tolerant and diverse, Russian society is known for its traditional family values shared by most people. Russia is the place where your children will be happy and secure.

3. Strong country. Russia is among those few states which have the priviledge to pursue fully independent foreign and domestic policies. We may agree or disagree with certain political decisions, but the whole strategy is driven by the national interest.

4. Great culture. Leo Tolstoy’s novels, Alexander Pushkin’s poems, Kazimir Malevich’s paintings and Sergey Rakhmaninov’s music are well known around the world. But this is only the tip of the iceberg.

5. Helpful and friendly people. Russian people are always ready to help. Harsh climate and difficult history taught people to always help one another.

6. No immigration-related tensions. Despite attracting many immigrants Russia, unlike European states, doesn’t face an immigration crisis. Immigration policy is designed in a way that mostly attracts immigrants culturally and linguistically close to Russian people or those ready to share Russian values.

Further reading: https://russianconsultants.com/blog

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Dmitri Shikhov

Expert in Russia, Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Russia. Travel, business and legal consultant: www.russianconsultants.com www.happynomad.world