Among foreigners, permanently residing on the territory of Bulgaria, most of the citizens of the Russian Federation. In second place – the citizens of Ukraine, the third – Macedonia's citizens, followed by citizens of Turkey and Moldova.
Besides, Russians are second to obtain the rights to an extended stay on the territory of Bulgaria for the purpose. For example, according to data for 2014 from all foreign nationals granted long-term residence permit on the basis of admission to local Universities in the first place students from Turkey, the second by the citizens of the Russian Federation (as a rule, choosing the Universities in Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna and Blagoevgrad), the third and fourth – citizens of Ukraine and Macedonia!
