Ruská komunita v kontextu vývoje cizinců z třetích zemí s důrazem na Ukrajince a Vietnamce
The Russian community in the context of the development of third country foreign nationals with an emphasis on Ukrainians and Vietnamese

Summary/Abstract: This contribution on the Russian community in the Czech Republic forms part of a project commissioned by the Czech Ministry of the Interior addressing the monitoring of the integration process of third-country foreigners in the country. The subject of interest concerns citizens of the Russian Federation and the extent to which they are integrating into the Czech majority society. Russians make up the third largest third-country foreigner community in the Czech Republic; their number is slowly but steadily increasing and research has revealed that Russians move to the Czech Republic on a permanent basis. However, in comparison with other foreign communities, they differ in terms of a number of aspects. The aim of the paper, therefore, is to highlight selected characteristic features of Russian immigrants in the context of the development of third-country foreigners and the two most numerous communities, i.e. Ukrainians and Vietnamese who, together with the Russians, make up the dominant majority of the total third-country population living in the Czech Republic. The findings are based on quantitative (administrative) data obtained from a number of ministries as well as from the Czech Statistical Office, and are complemented by in-depth interviews with representatives of state and public administration authorities and non-profit organisations and Russian immigrants themselves. The aim is to identify the specific characteristics of Russian immigrants and to indicate the potential extent of, and potential barriers to, their integration into Czech society.

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