DYNAMICS OF ATTITUDES OF POPULATION LIVING IN THE ALTAI KRAI TOWARDS INTER-ETHNIC RELATIONS AND MIGRATION SITUATION IN THE REGION
Migration issues are today one of most discussed and acute. Attention towards migration processes increases with its growing magnitude and consequences, having positive and negative character. International migration has acquired greater prominence in border regions of Russia where it become related to inter-ethnic relations. The article presents the results of a multi-year sociological survey (2016-2020, n = 6250), aimed at studying the migration situation and the social integration of representatives of different ethnic groups living in the Altai region. Especially, attitudes of population towards migration, migrants and migration policy, ethnic relations, tendencies and different aspects of changes in these attitudes are in the focus of the analysis.