Azerbaijani Migrants in Russia

Autor(en): Braux Adeline
Herausgeber: Denis Dafflon (special editor), Lili Di Puppo, Iris Kempe, Natia Mestvirishvili, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines
Serie: Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)
Ausgabe: 57
Seiten: 5-7
Verlag(e): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University
Publikationsjahr: 2013

Russia has been the most popular emigration destination for Azerbaijanis since even before the end of the USSR. About 600,000 Azerbaijanis live in the Russian Federation where they are engaged mainly in the trade sector, especially in retail markets. Unlike more recent migrants, particularly those from Central Asia, they are now quite well integrated economically and tend to be a new middlemen minority.

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