Migration attitudes of labor migrants from Ukraine located in the Russian Federation: features, formation factors, orientation
https://doi.org/10.24290/1029-3736-2025-31-1-115-134
Abstract
The article is devoted to the analysis of migration attitudes of Ukrainian citizens working in the Russian Federation. The empirical basis of the study was founded using the data from an all-Russian sociological study of foreign workers, conducted by the authors in 2023. Analysis of the survey results showed that labor migrants from Ukraine have formed migration plans to settle in the Russian Federation and obtain Russian citizenship. The main reason for labor migration from Ukraine is an extreme push factor — armed confl ict, which determines economic instability and social uncertainty in Ukraine in the long term. In this regard, migrants from Ukraine almost don’t have any return migration attitudes. The article concludes that currently the fl ow of labor migrants from Ukraine is a type of forced migration that uses the legal framework and mechanism for implementing temporary labor migration and has signifi cant potential for transformation into migration for permanent residence. The study also identifi ed the social portrait of Ukrainian workers, the characteristics of migrants’ attitudes, their orientation and formation factors
About the Authors
A. A. Grebeniyk
FSFEI HE “Lomonosov Moscow State University”
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Grebeniyk Aleksandr A., Grand PhD in Economics, Prof.
GSP-1, Leninskiye Gory, 1, bld. 13, block B, 4th academic building, Moscow, 119991
A. Yu. Ageenko
FSFEI HE “Lomonosov Moscow State University”
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ageenko Anna Yu., PhD student
GSP-1, Leninskiye Gory, 1, bld. 13, block B, 4th academic building, Moscow, 119991
A. A. Averianov
FSFEI HE “Lomonosov Moscow State University”
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Averianov Albert A., PhD student
GSP-1, Leninskiye Gory, 1, bld. 13, block B, 4th academic building, Moscow, 119991
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Grebeniyk A.A., Ageenko A.Yu., Averianov A.A. Migration attitudes of labor migrants from Ukraine located in the Russian Federation: features, formation factors, orientation. Moscow State University Bulletin. Series 18. Sociology and Political Science. 2025;31(1):115-134. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24290/1029-3736-2025-31-1-115-134
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