title: Relationship Between Trends of Highly Qualified Immigration to Russia and Demand of the Russian Labor Market
abstract: In this article, we have argued that highly qualified worker (HQW) immigration to Russia does not correspond to the demand of the Russian labor market due to an inappropriate established criterion in Russian immigration policy. Our examination of the statistical data of the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation show that there is a high demand for specialists with higher qualifications in the healthcare, education, and science, 
journal: Journal of Population and Social Studies