Ukrainians began to move more often in Lithuania – statistics

Ukrainians began to move more often in Lithuania – during the year the number of Ukrainian citizens in this Baltic country increased by 55.4%, according to Delfi indicators published for the first half of 2018 by the Migration Department of the Ministry of the Interior. the population of Lithuania is decreasing, while the number of foreigners is increasing. Above all, Ukrainians and Byelorussians emigrate to Lithuania

As of 1 July 2018, 54,400 foreigners live in Lithuania, including 15,200 Ukrainians and 12,300 Russians, but Russian citizens are this year 8, 3% less than in the past. Third place in number is that of Belarusians, who in Lithuania are 10,400.

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Previously, Radio Liberty reported that In the first quarter of 2018, 19,427 Ukrainians officially gave up Ukrainian citizenship and received a Russian passport, and 85,119,000 Ukrainians became Russian in 2017, according to the Ministry of Finance. Interior of the Russian Federation.