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Table 29. Remittances to and from <strong>the</strong> <strong>Russian</strong> <strong>Federation</strong>, 2000-2006 31<br />

remittances (million usD) 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006<br />

Inward remittance flows 1,275 1,403 1,359 1,453 2,668 3,117 3,308<br />

of which<br />

Workers’ remittances<br />

42 <strong>Migration</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Russian</strong> <strong>Federation</strong>: A <strong>Country</strong> <strong>Profile</strong> <strong>2008</strong><br />

- 363 232 300 1,098 820 983<br />

Compensation of employees 500 624 704 814 1,206 1,714 1,647<br />

Migrants’ transfer 775 416 423 339 364 583 678<br />

Outward remittance flows 1,101 1,823 2,226 3,233 5,188 6,989 11,438<br />

of which<br />

Workers’ remittances<br />

- 421 788 1,306 2,672 3,051 4,587<br />

Compensation of employees 232 493 507 958 1,464 2,921 6,038<br />

Migrants’ transfers 867 908 931 969 1,052 1,017 813<br />

Sources: World Bank, Development Prospects Group.<br />

Tables 27 and 28 above report <strong>the</strong> officially recorded remittances. The<br />

true size of remittances, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g unrecorded flows through formal and <strong>in</strong>formal<br />

channels, is believed to be larger.<br />

For comparison, Table 29 below shows <strong>the</strong> amount of remittances as registered<br />

by <strong>the</strong> Central Bank of Russia (CBR). The CBR records <strong>the</strong> remittances<br />

of physical persons as performed by selected (most important) money transfer<br />

systems 32 and <strong>the</strong> Postal Service of Russia.<br />

31 World Bank, Development Prospects Group (2007) <strong>Migration</strong> and Remittances Factbook.<br />

32 Includ<strong>in</strong>g 16 <strong>in</strong>ternational payment systems (Western Union, MoneyGram, and o<strong>the</strong>rs).

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