Russia is an essentially important country for Central Asian migrant workers. Considering the fact that 60% of the remittance to the Central Asian countries is coming from Russia, there is a heavy reliance on the Russian economy by the region countries. In addition, remittance coming from Russia is an essentially important source of income for Tajik and Kyrgyz economies. In 2015, remittance transfers were equal to 28.8% of Tajikistan’s GDP which was $7.8 billion. Kyrgyzstan is in similar condition with Tajikistan. For instance, remittance transfers to the country reached 25% of Kyrgyzstan’s GDP which was $6.5 billion in 2015. It could be noted that in comparison with Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan is in a better situation where remittance transfers were only equal to 5% of country’s GDP which was $66.7 billion in 2015.
Zhengizkhan Zhanaltay is a deputy director in the Eurasian Research Institute at H.A.Yassawi Kazakh Turkish International University. Zhengizkhan completed his bachelor’s degree at international relations department of KIMEP University in 2010. He completed his master thesis named ‘Oralmans integration into Kazakhstani Society: Turkish Kazakh Case’ in International Relations department of KIMEP University in 2014. His research interests include international migration politics, labor and ethnic migrants social and economic integration into society and remittance.