In 2005 over 400 families of Armenian citizens, who temporarily lived in the territory of the Southern Federal District of Russia, returned to the Fatherland, stated Consul General of Armenia in the Southern Federal District of Russia Ararat Gomtsyan, reports the Yerkramas, the newspaper of Armenians of Russia. In his words, these families moved to Russia in different times and lived in the south of Russia 3-7 years. Ararat Gomtsyan specially stressed that Russian citizens, willing to move to Armenia for permanent residence, also address the Consulate General.