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Post-Soviet Migration and Diasporas -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Post-Soviet Migration: Regional Context and Modern Development -- Introduction -- Diaspora Research in a Post-Soviet Context -- Volume Outline -- Note -- References -- 2 Diasporas, Development, and Homelands in Eurasia After 1991 -- Introduction -- Diasporas and Development -- The Size of the Eurasian Diaspora Population -- Policies of the Eurasian Countries Towards Their Diaspora Populations -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Post-Soviet Russian-Speaking Migration to the UK: The Discourses of Visibility and Accountability -- Introduction -- The Understanding of Diasporic Identity -- Diasporic Self-Identifications and Challenges of Migrants' Diversity -- Media Representations of Russian-Speakers: Russian Dolls and Oligarchs -- Conclusion -- Appendix Tables 3.1 and 3.2 -- Notes -- References -- 4 Migrant Self-Reflectivity and New Ukrainian Diaspora in Southern Europe: The Case of Portugal -- Introduction -- Migrant Self-Reflectivity and the Development of Diasporic Communities -- Ukrainians in Portugal -- Ukrainian Poetry Production in Portugal -- Poetic Production, Diasporic Bilingualism and Ethnic Mobilization in Diaspora -- Notes -- References -- 5 Social Consequences of Seasonal Labour Migration: A Case Study from Rural Azerbaijan -- Introduction -- Seasonal Labour Migration Between Azerbaijan and Russia -- Social Consequences of Seasonal Labour Migration for Migrants' Families -- Struggles Among Women -- Struggles Between Women and Men -- Decreased Opportunities for Young People to Pursue Higher Education -- Potential Implications of This Strategy for the Wider Society -- Notes -- References -- 6 Return for Development and Europeanization Among Moldovan Immigrants -- Introduction

Canada's Ukrainian diaspora occupy an enviable, if not rare, 'intergenerational sweet spot'. This sweet spot endows them with a high degree of positionality within Canada, enabling both long and short-term support for Ukraine since the crisis began in 2014. In examining Ukrainian diaspora positionality in the Canadian context, we find there are varied strategies that help offset hardship at the community and household level while addressing the long-term fragility of the country. While new migrants and temporary workers are actively remitting back home, older generation diaspora members compensate for smaller remittance volumes by lobbying and by influencing the state apparatus through various forms of political and social activism. This has the effect of shifting the costs borne by individuals to the host state and is consistent with our insights on principal-agent relations between states and diaspora. Although Ukraine's macroeconomic performance will remain fragile for the foreseeable future, we identify four complementary forms of diaspora engagement in times of crisis, namely the mobilization of aid, political activism and volunteering, remittances and other financial flows, and delegating responsibilities to host-country institutions.