Uzbeks in Novosibirsk: the Number of Illegal Aliens Is Going to Drop
In recent years the issues of relations between native population and migrants, especially those from the former soviet republics, are under public scrutiny. Numerous opinion polls held by the Center of Migration Studies recorded the higher intolerance and migrant-phobia in the different regions of Russia. Ethnic Caucasians and citizens of Russian Middle Asia descent most often face a negative attitude to them probably due to the great number of them and their conspicuous appearances. The representatives of the Uzbek and Armenian diaspora interviewed by our Journal talk about their understanding of the migration and ethnic relations in the capital of Siberia.