KYIV, June 20 – The resettlement of residents from the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine to Russia is a planned campaign of the ruling regime in Russia, according to a survey conducted by a team of analysts from the Eastern Human Rights Group and the Institute for Strategic Studies and Security.

"In such a way, the Kremlin is trying to increase the number of Ukrainian labor force and create competition for migrants from Central Asia. Also, one of the important factors in the resettlement of Ukrainian citizens to Russia is that the number of non-Slavic migrants in Russia is increasing. The resettlement of Ukrainians to Russia can be divided into three stages. The first one is before 2014. The second one is after 2014. And the third one is after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine," says the analytical report entitled "Forced Resettlement" which was presented at the Interfax-Ukraine News Agency on Thursday.