Chertkov, A.N. Legal responsibility as means of counteraction to illegal migration to the Russian Federation.

Abstract: The complicated economic and political situation in many CIS countries adds to the illegal migration to the Russian Federation. Additionally, Russia became a transit zone for illegal migration of people from Afghanistan and China, South Asia and South-Eastern Asia, striving for the EU (and quite a number of them ends up staying in Russia). This article concerns with illegal migration as cause of a number of threats to the security of the Russian Federation, the author provides possible solutions.