# Russia’s Migration Policy: Migrant Families and Khanty-Mansi Benefit Cuts

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2121492921782526260
- Source account: [@seostock](https://x.com/seostock)
- Source language: Russian
- Target language: English
- Duration: 0:50
- Published: 2026-11-14
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## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rrzvTma1gNK2/en/russia-s-migration-policy-migrant-families-and-khanty-mansi-benefit-cuts) One in three migrants comes to Russia, bringing his wife and at least one child with him.

[0:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rrzvTma1gNK2/en/russia-s-migration-policy-migrant-families-and-khanty-mansi-benefit-cuts?t=6) What do migrants’ family members do here?

[0:09](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rrzvTma1gNK2/en/russia-s-migration-policy-migrant-families-and-khanty-mansi-benefit-cuts?t=9) Why are they here? It’s important for us to attract specialists for the long term.

[0:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rrzvTma1gNK2/en/russia-s-migration-policy-migrant-families-and-khanty-mansi-benefit-cuts?t=14) Who do we want to attract and retain here?

[0:16](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rrzvTma1gNK2/en/russia-s-migration-policy-migrant-families-and-khanty-mansi-benefit-cuts?t=16) Low-skilled migrants who work in retail, or delivery workers?

[0:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rrzvTma1gNK2/en/russia-s-migration-policy-migrant-families-and-khanty-mansi-benefit-cuts?t=21) The current model of migration policy looks like automatic family resettlement, because it’s profitable in Russia.

[0:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rrzvTma1gNK2/en/russia-s-migration-policy-migrant-families-and-khanty-mansi-benefit-cuts?t=29) There is an answer, and it has been applied very effectively, for example, in the Khanty- Mansi Autonomous Okrug.

[0:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rrzvTma1gNK2/en/russia-s-migration-policy-migrant-families-and-khanty-mansi-benefit-cuts?t=35) Governor Ruslan Nikolayevich Kukharuk, at the end of 2025, decided to abolish a number of payments and benefits for migrants.

[0:43](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rrzvTma1gNK2/en/russia-s-migration-policy-migrant-families-and-khanty-mansi-benefit-cuts?t=43) In the first nine months of 2026, 51,000 fewer migrants entered the region