Migration: A Key Factor in the SocioEconomic Development of Russia’s Northern Territories
The article states that population migration is playing a key role in the socio-economic and demographic development of Russia’s northern territories. It adds that intensive migration from Russia’s northern regions (particularly from Arkhangel'sk region) has had a negative impact on these territories’ socio-economic development. The paper says these areas, which have already lost a significant portion of their labor force, are trying to find ways to enhance their attractiveness for potential replacements. The document, which has compared the region’s investment attractiveness (IA) with factors causing migration, suggests that IA could be regarded as a dynamic obviating against migration. On the other hand, the blueprint notes that the migration attractiveness of the region — considering all of the migration elements — should reflect the IA level of the northern territories (including the feasibility of becoming an integral part of its organizational structure as well as the probability of investing in its enterprises).