Тhe latest regional features of population migration in urban areas of Russia

The article studies population migration as an important factor in the demographic and socio-economic development of Russia. The study is based on official statistics for 2020-2024 and specifies the main trends and factors of urban population migration, as well as temporal and regional features of migration growth, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic factor on the change in the migration. In addition to traditional comparative geographical and cartographic research methods, the work used geoinformation tools. Cartographic works were developed using the QGIS (Quantum GIS) geoinformation platform. The geodatabase was formed in Microsoft Excel. The statistical basis of the cartographic materials is the coefficients of migration growth of the regions of Russia in 2020-2024, as well as the stability of migration growth/decline of the population. The most attractive/unattractive regions of Russia for migrants are identified. The most appealing for migrants are the most successful in socio-economic development subjects of the Russian Federation, namely Moscow and St. Petersburg, Moscow, Leningrad and Tyumen regions, Krasnodar Krai, etc. The main donor regions in migration exchange are most of the regions of the Far North and the Far East, as well as the republics of the North Caucasus Federal District. This trend will lead to weakening of the demographic potential of semi-peripheral and peripheral regions of Russia. The latest trends in regional features of population migration are the growth of migration attractiveness of the regions of the Far North and the Asian part of Russia and a significant increase in the number of territories with migration growth in 2023-2024, which is due to the increasing role of socio-economic and demographic factors in the development of Russia.