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After the Fall of Constantinople (1453), Moscow named itself the third Rome, following the Roman and Byzantine Empires. Beginning in the 1550s, Russia conquered, on average, territory the size of the Netherlands every year for 150 years. This included Siberia, central Asia, the Caucasus and parts of Eastern Europe.
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine that started in late February 2022, more than 300,000 Russian citizens and residents are estimated to have left Russia by mid-March 2022, at least 500,000 by the end of August 2022, [not verified in body] and an additional 400,000 [1] by early October, for a total of approximately 900,000.
Push and pull factors in migration according to Everett S. Lee (1917-2007) are categories that demographers use to analyze human migration from former areas to new host locations. Lee's model divides factors causing migrations into two groups of factors: push and pull.
Moscow denies using gas as a weapon to coerce Moldova but said last month, as the gas cut-off loomed, that it would take steps to protect its citizens and troops in Transdniestria and "react ...
The German minority population in Russia, Ukraine, and the Soviet Union stemmed from several sources and arrived in several waves. Since the second half of the 19th century, as a consequence of the Russification policies and compulsory military service in the Russian Empire, large groups of Germans from Russia emigrated to the Americas (mainly Canada, the United States, Brazil and Argentina ...
The EU had previously imposed 10 rounds of sanctions on Russia since President Vladimir Putin ordered his forces into Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen ...
Chinese carmakers are dominating Russian roads in the wake of western sanctions following the Ukraine invasion and now have a 57% market share. China is selling record numbers of cars in Russia ...
[280] [281] In Europe and other regions, higher representation in prisons among immigrants, particularly Muslim populations, has been documented. [282] [283] [284] Factors contributing to these trends include imprisonment for migration-related offenses, [285] systemic bias in policing and judicial processes, and socioeconomic disparities. These ...