Germany–Poland border former also affected by the Silesian Uprisings). The shape of that border roughly resembled that of pre-partition Poland. After World War II, the border was drawn from Świnoujście (Swinemünde) in the north at the Baltic Sea southward to the Czech Republic (then part of Czechoslovakia) border with Poland and Germany near Zittau. It follows the Oder–Neisse Line of the Oder (Odra) and Neisse (Nysa) rivers through most of their course. This was agreed upon by the main Allies of World War II – USSR, USA and UK, at the Soviets' insistence, and, without any significant consultations with Poland (or Germany),
Illegal immigration to Russia has become so severe it has caused a rise in Russian nationalism, and spawned groups like Movement Against Illegal Immigration, which was banned by the Moscow City Court in 2011 on the grounds that it "ignites inter-ethnic hatred." Illegal immigration to Russia Illegal immigration to Russia (and the former Soviet Union) has been ongoing since the Great Depression. Source countries during that time included Finland, Poland, Sweden, and Germany. There are currently an estimated 4 million illegal immigrants from the former Soviet states in the Russian Federation. In 2012, the Russian Federal Security Service's Border Service stated there had been