FRONT PAGE: "Its Population Falling, Russia Beckons Its Children Home," by Clifford J. Levy, New York Times, 22 March 2009.

Step one: identify all of your racial kin abroad. Step two: invite them "home."

Russia spends $300 m in past two years to get a hold of about 25 m Russians living abroad.

No word on how many lured back.

Reality?

You have to accept non-kin. Hard for Japanese, but Russians with fairly long history of it.