REMIGRANT.ru is an internet portal providing information for Russians living outside the Russian Federation, especially those in Germany who would like to live and work in their motherland Russia. REMIGRANT was created by the same named association – registered in Austria, Vienna in may 2007. 

Main Goals

• Encouraging expatriates with high qualifications, living abroad, to return back to Russia
• Another aim is providing expatriates who wish to return back to Russia, with sufficient information (including consultation on juridical issues). In accordance, it is the aim to maintain a constant update of the internet site with current information and guidelines.
• Collaboration with Russian ministries, federal organs and a variety of companies.
• Consolidation of people with federal organs in Russia, in order to achieve an effect support with migration

The Idea behind

Over the last few years, there has been a recognisable tendency among Russians in Europe to return to their country of origin. It is not a massive migration, yet the demand is rising slightly and constantly. There are several reasons for our compatriots to return to Russia. We acknowledge these reasons and in accordance assist in preparing these migrants as much as possible for their resettlement. Therefore, we publish and constantly update detailed information concerning many issues about resettlement, on our internet site.

It is to mention that a slower increase in economic growth in western and central Europe, does affect immigrants living there, hardly. In contrast, Russia with its rising economy creates more potential for Russian qualified people living abroad. Also, there is an observed tendency that more and more Russians prefer to work for Russia’s benefits. We have the great opportunity to assist Russian people who gained recognisable knowledge skills and working experience abroad, to resettle them to their country of origin – Russia. In synthesis with their patriotic attitude and their high working skills, the workers and the Russian society will benefit from it.

In January 2007, a new law came into effect in Russia which supports and focuses on people living outside of the Russian Federation who would like to return to Russia. The registered association Remigrant e.V. is highly proud to support this domestic program from abroad by acting as a mediator between two demanding sides. It is consulting and informing the citizens living abroad and giving Russia its highly qualified citizens back.

Currently, there is a high demand of a source of information about the resettlement, among expatriates The Russian federal program is still in progress of developing and cannot serve with much detailed information. However, through research REMIGRANT collected all information and data available and published it neatly on Remigrant.ru. One can find a whole package of official forms, regulations and contact details of ministries.
Concept

The goal and driving force is to mediate among the demands of expatriates and the Russian economy. Therefore it is crucial to manage information wisely and make it available for the target group.

A special interest is the search of a qualified Russian labour force among domestic and foreign companies in Russia. Therefore, REMIGRANT facilitates this search by mediating between companies and citizens. It publishes available jobs for several Russian states in the internet. Therefore, REMIGRANT acts as an employment agency. It collects curriculum vitae and tries to match it with jobs available.

The site is constantly updated with information regarding questions from the Forum on REMIGRANT.ru. Many questions are about the proper organisation of the resettlement, the proper documents, job availability and about social, housing services and its support in Russia. Furthermore, one finds questions about juridical issues.

Events

In December 2006, colleagues went to Kaluga and Lipetsk, both states participating in the federal program of resettlement. For marketing purposes, they met the state’s representative of this program. Results were highly satisfying. Both, Kaluga nd Lipetsk were interested in cooperating with REMIGRANT by developing a more transparent and efficient flow of information. In addition, REMIGRANT gained another inside in the actual progress and enforcement of the federal program in federal states. These findings were published in the internet.
In addition, Remigrant met with Kaluga’s representative of the ministry of employment. It was settled that both sides will emphasize the flow of information about required work force and available jobs.

Staging and Difficulties

In general, it is the duty of the Russian federal program’s representatives abroad to provide the target group with sufficient and proper information. However, one can observe that we are the source of information for many expatriates. REMIGRANT has created a sustainable advantage by being the first NGO that provides information in Central Europe. There is no risk, that Remigrant will loose its position, when Russia’s official internet site has been created. Due to a fast progress, modern information and flexibility, many German, Austrian and Russian large companies are highly interested in co-operating with REMIGRANT – as long as it is official acknowledged by the Russian government.
We are constantly in the search of Russia’s acknowledgment; nevertheless, we remain unheard. Whenever there is a success of being heard, the co-operation is hindered by Russia’s tremendous bureaucracy.

Results

Since the creation of REMIGRANT.ru in November 2006, there have been more than 30.000 visitors from different countries. We have received up to 200 hundred letters stating and wishing for concrete information about the resettlement to Russia. These letters came from Germany, Austria, Kazakhstan, Israel, the USA and other countries with expatriates residing in.

We have reached attention by radio stations as: “The German Wave”, “The Russian Voice” and the TV channel “RTVi.” In addition, there were several articles published in Germany and Russia newspapers and magazines. The Robert-Bosch Institution has nominated REMIGRANT.ru for the award “Deutsch-russisches Bürgerengagement 2007”. A German wide highly recognised award, which will support the winners with capital.

Future Goals

The future lies in serving as many expatriates as possible, as precise as possible. This includes outstanding relations and co-operation with companies, organs in foreign countries and in Russian. It is to mention, that REMIGRANT will do the utmost to facilitate the resettlement for expatriates who whish to return.
We had reserved the REMIGRANT.eu domain to show that our project has the intention to expand to other countries and therefore to serve more people.

About us

We are students with law and economic backgrounds – educated in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands that focus on Russian migration issues. We see our future in Russia and believe that serving as a mediator between two demanding sites, we can contribute to a high benefit for both sides, which in total is a benefit for the Russian Federation. We are doing the utmost to - and would appreciate any form of support that would help -  realize our project goals. 

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