42,000 people were moved from Armenia to Russia under the “Compatriots” program

Emil Lazarian 2017
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2007-2017 More than 42,000 citizens of Armenia moved to Russia under the program of resettlement of compatriots. This is stated in the press release of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.

According to the Ministry’s data, 584.9 thousand people moved to Russia in the last 10 years, 7.2% of whom are Armenian citizens. RA citizens are the most active participants of the program along with Ukraine (38.8%), Kazakhstan (20.6%), Uzbekistan (12.1%), and Moldova (8.5%).

Voluntary resettlement is carried out within the framework of the state program that has been in place since 2007, which provides support to resettlers.

In the first half of 2017 alone, 41,000 people moved to the Russian Federation under the state program on the resettlement of Russian compatriots, while 88,000 people returned in the same period of 2016. 

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Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS