Doing Business in Russia. Котова К.П - 17 стр.

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joyed by the population of the entire civilized world. And this means in practice
that migrants cannot settle down wherever they want, wherever they can find
work, housing and appropriate living conditions: they are simply denied domi-
cile registration. Russians in the ex-Soviet republics live mainly in large cities,
for the most part in republican capitals. They are intellectuals engaged in the
production, scientific and humanitarian spheres, or skilled workers. But those
who have moved into Russia are being sent primarily into the rural hinterlands
of the regions, which have lost their population. The idea is to make them work
in agriculture. No greater mockery of people at common sense could have been
devised. The constitutions and draft constitutions of all the newly-independent
states, which were recently the Union republics, contain a point on the citizen
freedom of movement around their territory and the freedom to choose a place
of residence. This is fully consistent with Article 13 of the Universal Declara-
tion of Human Rights. Such a point also exists in the official draft Constitution
of the Russian Federation. This is good, of course. But this followed by a point
saying that the procedure of going over from the present situation on the desired
future must be drawn up during the two years following the adoption of the
Constitution. Then there is a point saying that the practical transition from the
present order to the future must be carried out in the course of 10 years. This
means that everything will remain as it is for at least another 12 years.


V.    Fill in the blanks with suitable words and expressions given below:
      to choose                   to make them work             consistent
      state-to-state treaties     come to                       outflow


1) ……….of population commenced more than 15 years ago. 2) Influx of popu-
lation into Russia ……….three million people. 3) The lot of people coming to
Russia would have been largely facilitated had there been ………. .4) Migrants