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Sep 27 2006 4:36PM
Illegal immigration damaging Russian economy - official

MOSCOW. Sept 27 (Interfax) - The 10 million illegal immigrants in Russia cause damages to the Russian economy to the tune of approximately 200 billion each year, Director of the Federal Migration Service (FMS) Konstantin Romodanovsky, said on Wednesday.

The FMS is drafting amendments to more than 100 legislative acts on migration, including changes to simplify registration and employment rules for immigrants, Romodanovsky told an international conference at the State Duma entitled "The World Community against the Globalization of Crime and Terrorism."