More than half a million residents of Donbass arrived in Russia in April-June
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The FSB border service reported that in April-June, 507 thousand people arrived in Russia from the territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics. Data about it published on the website of the Federal State Statistics Service.
214,000 and 293,000 people came to Russia from the DNR and LNR, respectively. They account for 14% of foreign citizens entering Russia in the second quarter of 2022. Before Russia recognized the independence of these republics, the border service of the FSB took into account the residents of the DPR and LPR as Ukrainians. A little more than 657 thousand people arrived in Russia from Ukraine in April-June.
In turn, 412,000 Russians entered the republics of Donbass in April-June. 41% of Russians crossed the border with Donbas on foot, 56% by car and 3% by train.
Russia acknowledged independence of the DPR and LPR on February 21. Three days later, on February 24, President Vladimir Putin announced the start of a special military operation in Ukraine.
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