Circular Migration in the Russian Federation. CARIM-East Explanatory Note 12 Circular Migration in the Russian Federation. CARIM-East Explanatory Note 12/97. September 2012. URL: http://www.carim-east.eu/media/exno/Explanatory%20Notes_2012-97.pdfPosted on site: 07.01.13Текст на русском языке опубликован на сайте КАРИМ Восток – Консорциума прикладных исследований по международной миграции. URL: http://www.carim-east.eu/media/exno/Explanatory%20Notes_2012-96.pdf, на английском http://www.carim-east.eu/media/exno/Explanatory%20Notes_2012-97.pdfAbstractThe principal subject of this paper concerns circular migrants entering the Russian Federation. The paper assesses a variety of issues, including appraisals and circular migration scales, sociodemographic profiles of circular migrants, and the presence of such migrants within the Russian labour market (including the types of economic activity concerned and the distribution of the various migrants amongst professional groups). Various ways and modalities of discourses concerning circular migration itself and the prospects of circular migration in Russia are analyzed.