Regulation of migration processes in the northern regions and ways of their development in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia)

The Sakha Republic (Yakutia) is one of the dynamically developing Far Eastern regions and the socio-economic well-being of the republic is significantly affected by migration processes. We identified the main directions of the migration regulation strategy in the northern regions and in Yakutia. Currently, the republic has all the conditions for maintaining a stable socio-economic situation while implementing a migration strategy aimed at maintaining a balance between the needs of the economy and social well-being. We analyzed the policy of regulating migration processes in the Sakha republic (Yakutia), noted the regulatory acts of the federal and regional levels that affect modern population migration. the decree of the President of the Russian Federation of October 26, 2020 no. 645 “on the Strategy for the development of the arctic Zone of the Russian Federation and Ensuring national Security for the Period up to 2035” notes the successes achieved in reducing the migration outflow. However, the natural population growth in the northern regions remains low, which maintains the risk of population decline in the long term. We presented the dynamics and forecast of migration for the period 2012-2026. The results of the correlation and regression analysis demonstrate that economic indicators such as per capita cash income of the population, mining and agricultural production, had the greatest impact on the number of migrants arriving to the republic. And such indicators as gross regional product per capita and housing area per inhabitant have the greatest impact on the number of people leaving Yakutia. Among the regulatory measures for the migration processes we proposed active development of the republican economy and the creation of new jobs by supporting agriculture, entrepreneurship, increasing investment in production and social infrastructure and education.