OVER 20 THOUSAND LABOUR MIGRANTS FROM GBAO WORK IN RUSSIA

           Dushanbe, January, 19th. (Pokiza Makhmadbekova, Olga Saprykina, the NIAT "Khovar"). — According to official data, over 20 thousand labor migrants from Gorno-Badakhshan work in Russia. It makes over 10 % of population of the region. In 2008 the volume of remittances in Gorno-Badakhshan through "Agroinvestbamk" branch made over 20,6 million US dollars, through "Amonatbank" branch it makes over 10,2 million US dollars. In 2008 in GBAO over 36,6 million US dollars were transferred from abroad, that exceeds an indicator of 2007 by 13 million 219 thousand US dollars.           The greatest volume of money was transferred in Gorno-Badakhshan by labor migrants from Russia.