After the annexation of Crimea to the Russian Federation, the number of people wishing to move to the peninsula increased 10 times
Since March 2014, when the peninsula became part of Russia, Yandex has received 46 thousand requests about how to “move to Crimea” and more than 1 million requests about “work in Crimea,” Izvestia writes, citing data from the tool Yandex Wordstat.
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“Now Yandex receives 1,6–2,8 thousand requests per month with the wording “move to Crimea,” the publication points out. – Before the annexation of the peninsula, there were 10 times fewer of them. So, in February 2014 there were 258 of them. A sharp jump was observed in March 2014, immediately after the referendum on joining - then users sent 6339 such requests. More than 90% of requests come from Russians (with 17% from the Moscow region). About 4% of requests come from residents of Ukraine, another 6% from other CIS countries.”
Among the wording of the queries, in particular, the following appear: “is it worth moving to Crimea”, “move to live in Crimea in 2015”, “how to move to Crimea for permanent residence”, “where is it better to move to Crimea”, “move to Crimea for Permanent residence from Ukraine”, “how to move to Crimea with state help”, “reviews of those who moved to Crimea for permanent residence in 2015”.
“On the forums, those wishing to move note that “the level of salaries in Crimea is slightly lower than the Russian average,” while “salaries for public sector employees have been raised to the level of the Russian Federation and even higher for some,” “prices have already come very close to Russian ones,” “ real estate prices have really increased,” the newspaper continues, adding that Yandex has received more than a million requests since March 2014 with the wording “work in Crimea.”
Here, too, there was a sharp jump: in February there were 20 thousand such requests, in March - 63 thousand, Izvestia emphasizes. – Now requests on the topic “New Year 2016 in Crimea” are beginning to appear more and more actively. There were 49 of them in June, 123 in July, and 853 in August.
English version :: Read in English After Crimea's annexation by Russia, the number of people wishing to resettle on the peninsula increased tenfold.