Migrants in the Central and Kostroma Mass Media: Analysis of the Situation in Russia

10.33876/2311-0546/2022-3/262-273

Abstract

Migration has become an important attribute of the development of Russian society. Every year, hundreds of thousands of Russians and citizens of neighboring countries leave their homes in search of a better life or work and travel hundreds and thousands of kilometers from their homes. Moscow, St. Petersburg and Nizhny Novgorod as large industrial centers, Yaroslavl and Kostroma as regional cities attract tens of thousands of people from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Moldova, and, more recently, Ukraine, with the opportunity to earn money or settle in. At the same time, migrants bring their habits and traditions, which can come into conflict with the established way of life of local population. The problems of migration have become the subject of attention of authorities, the media, security service. The migrant issues have raised concerns of residents of Russian cities for the life and well-being of their relatives and friends, and provoked fears for possible threats to their life, health and honor.