International migration in federal districts of Russia

The article presents the results of the study of trends in the processes of international migration of the population in the Russian federal districts during 2004-2016. The analysis was based on nine indicators calculated by the author. The analytical development included 17 countries, of which the flow of foreign migrants in Russia is predominantly formed. The structure of the flow of foreign migrants who arrived and departed in the Russian federal districts was analyzed. The structure of migrant flows in Russia has been studied for each of the 17 foreign countries. The analysis of the scale of international migration processes in the Federal districts of Russia and 17 countries was carried out on the basis of the intensity of migration turnover. The peculiarities and trends of changing processes of international migration in the Russian federal districts have been revealed. They should be taken into account in the conduct of modern state social and economic policy. The main results of the study are formulated in a special section of the article "Conclusions."