“We assume that the provision of information by the Ministry of Internal Affairs has become more complete. There have been no changes in the methodology for this period, ”the RSC Rosstat told.
As the newspaper notes, the increase in the number of migrants in the country in January-April of the current year compared with the figure for the same period last year was due to those who received temporary registration in Russia, while migration within the country has decreased.
Earlier, Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said that over the past 15 years, the population in small Russian cities has decreased by 1.5 million people.