A mirror entry ban will leave 3 million Ukrainians unemployed
Moscow - Kyiv, April 17 (Navigator - Mikhail Stamm) - Up to 45 million citizens of the Russian Federation are subject to restrictions, writes Kommersant. Experts believe that in the event of mirror sanctions, up to 3 million Ukrainians will lose their jobs in the Russian Federation.
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Ukrainian sanctions could potentially affect up to 45 million citizens of the Russian Federation (the number of men in Russia aged 15 to 59 years, Rosstat data for January 2013; more recent statistics have not been published). At the same time, about 5 million Russian men regularly travel to Ukraine. Thus, according to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, in 2013, 10,28 million Russian citizens visited this country.
Ukrainian political scientist Evgeniy Kopatko admits the introduction of retaliatory entry sanctions from Russia, which will complicate the entry of 3 million Ukrainians who visit Russia annually.
Ukraine is the most popular outbound destination for Russians - in 2013, about 10 million people visited it, about 8 million of them on private business and for tourism purposes, more than 55 thousand on official business and for the purpose of employment. 3,28 thousand Russians left for permanent residence in Ukraine last year. For comparison: Rostourism estimates the number of Ukrainian residents who visited Russia in 2013 at 7,08 million (first place among all countries). Of these, only 43,5 thousand Ukrainians entered for tourism purposes.
According to official data from the Central Bank, the volume of transfers by individuals from Russia to Ukraine in 2013 amounted to $3,42 billion (third place among the CIS countries after Uzbekistan and Tajikistan). 39% of this amount falls on non-resident citizens of Russia. The average amount of one transaction is $523 (large amounts were transferred only to Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan).
According to a February survey by the Public Opinion Foundation on events in Ukraine, 36% of Russians said they have relatives or friends in this country. In March, VTsIOM, in the course of its survey, found that 45% of Russians had visited Ukraine at least once in their lives. A similar survey by Research & Branding Group in Ukraine in 2011 showed that 28% of Ukrainians had loved ones, and another 21% had distant relatives in Russia. Another 15% admitted that they have friends in Russia. At the same time, 70% of respondents said that they had not visited Russia after 1991.
English version :: Read in English: A mirror entry ban will leave 3 million Ukrainians without work.