For ten months of this year, 2,857 citizens of the Russian Federation received permission to immigrate to Ukraine, the State Migration Service of Ukraine reported to DW. In total, according to the Ukrainian migration authorities, this year 8,932 foreigners have applied for immigration.. Of this number, Russians make up 32 percent.
In general, according to the SMSU, from 2014 to November 1, 2020, 51,779 citizens of the Russian Federation received Ukrainian immigration documents. By years, the numbers look like this: in 2014, 15 571 Russians received the right to immigration to Ukraine, in 2015 - 9 830 people, in 2016 - 8 049, in 2017 - 6 823, in 2018 - 5868 and in 2019 - 4 781. The data cover the period from 2014, the time of the annexation of Crimea and the occupation of part of Donbass. Military actions, and later quarantine measures due to the pandemic have seriously complicated the migration of citizens of both countries.