3. Conclusion

3.1. Future of the Discourse in the Context of State’s Changing Political Order

In the conclusion, it is possible to say that Chinese immigration into the Far East will remain a highly debated topic in the discourse between the two types of Russian nationalism. For now, however, it is possible to stay that the situation is likely to remain stable due to two factors: current balance of powers in Russian political structures as well as attempts to deepen political and economic cooperation with China, which, due to recent events such as Russia’s exclusion from G8 and Western sanctions, are likely to become a priority (Goldman, Marchak, Neuger, 2014). However, this balance of powers is achieved primarily by tight political control and authoritarian nature of the regime, which holds on Putin’s personal rule.

Current domination of Putin and “United Russia” assure the victory of civic nationalism and further exclusion of ethnic nationalism, what consequently allows some flexibility in the immigration policy-making process and, in case of Chinese migration, there is a slight chance that it will be tolerated by the government and population as long Chinese fit the model and have a desire to contribute towards achieving Russian political goals and affiliating themselves with country’s norms.

But one must keep in mind that Putin, as any other authoritarian figure, is not going to stay in power forever and will be gone at some point, what immediately raises the question of survival of existing political order in the country. With Putin out of picture, Russia, in a crude sense, is likely to face two possibilities: further preservation of civic nationalism and continuation of the model of “family of free peoples” or adoption of an ethnic-based model and establishment of an exclusionist society with severe constraints on immigration and features like ethnic inequality. The choice of the model primarily depends on economic conditions, which largely define social anxiety and, what, in turn, affects further development of the discourse.

One can definitely say that this question not only relates to Chinese immigration but to immigration at large and adoption of either one or another model leads to far-reaching consequences. Being the second biggest country in the world, chosen for immigration (United Nations, 2013), it is crucial for Russia to come up with an appropriate solution in this discourse, in order to correctly address the question of cross-ethnic relations within its borders since this topic directly correlates with such concepts as internal peace and stability, the presence of which are considered to be an absolutely essential requirements for a modern state to be successful. In the end, due to presence ofhe state itselfss-ethnic ic-d the appropriate decision in this discourse, in order to . 00000000000000000000000000000000 the uncertainty about the future discourse, fruitful opportunity for further research is being opened.

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