The Classification of the Regions of the Russian Federation as the Basis of Internal Migration Flow Management

The impact of migration processes on the sustainability of social and economic development of the constituents of the Russian Federation is on the increase nowadays. Besides, due to their uneven development, the proper management of labor migration can help unlock the potential of their populations and thus improve the situation in the regions of Russia. This article deals with the necessity of forming a uniform migration policy by grouping the constituents of the Russian Federation according to their migration dynamics in order to level out migrational, social and economic differentiation in Russia. During the research, certain region categories were set according to their migration-based population increase/ and decrease indices through the analysis of migrational exchange and a rating was drawn for the constituents of the Russian Federation. It was found that the group of regions with a migrational increase in population consists of only a few constituents and this number is decreasing. The migration-based population decrease group tends to expand, which allowed dividing it into decrease rate-based subgroups (low, medium, and high). The results achieved helped identify the top priority aspects of the formation of a uniform migration policy at the region level that would promote efficient labor resource redistribution across territories: increasing life expectancy, decreasing mortality rates among people of active working age, increasing the level of wages in the regions of Russia, promoting affordability of housing, improving secondary vocational education, reducing unemployment levels, increasing citizens' welfare and reducing the poverty level, improving the healthcare system.