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This bulletin examines the scale of emigration from Russia and migration to the country following Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the subsequent weakening of the Russian economy. The author suggests that preliminary data for 2014 shows that Russia had its highest emigration figures for 15 years and that the country is not attracting as many migrants as it had done previously. He then suggests that the impact of emigration and migration, as well as the high outflow of capital from the country, could weaken the Russian economy and undermine its position of power in the post-Soviet neighborhood.