Putin's war has triggered an exodus out of Russia -- but the escape options are shrinking
Source: cnn
Updated 6:53 AM ET, Wed March 30, 2022
(CNN)"How to leave Russia?" Google searches for this term in Russian hit a 10-year high inside the country within a week of the invasion of Ukraine on February 24.
From Moscow to the Siberian oil capital of Novosibirsk, and from the intellectual hub of St. Petersburg to the nuclear submarine base of Murmansk, Russians are searching for a way out in anticipation of a grim future in a country torn apart by isolation, censorship and belligerence.
Analysis of search data, immigration figures and flight information, as well as interviews with experts, activists and people inside the country, shed light on how people who can no longer live in Vladimir Putin's Russia are trying to flee amid the president's war in Ukraine and political crackdown at home.
Russians' interest in the topic of "emigration" on Google quadrupled between mid-February and early March. Searches around "travel visa" have almost doubled, and for a Russian equivalent of 'political asylum' they jumped more than five-fold.
When searching for emigration in the past 30 days, Australia, Turkey and Israel were some of the top trending destinations, alongside Russia-friendly Serbia and Armenia, as well as Georgia -- which Russian troops invaded in 2008................................
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/30/europe/russia-ukraine-brain-drain-graphics-intl-cmd/index.html
Smart folks will get out ASAP. Of course it takes money to move to another country. So the not so well off are stuck with the monster Putin.
Lovie777
(11,992 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,432 posts)with you. I know the amount isn't rubles but is the equivalent of $10,000. I thought I heard this on the news about a week ago.
TomWilm
(1,832 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,432 posts)that Putin would arrest me for scratching my ass. And tRump wants us to be like N Korea and Russia. Imagine if he won in 2020.
TomWilm
(1,832 posts)... his focus are on the few who matters. Same with TFG and his gang. Russia's prison are not filled with protesters, though that might come...
PortTack
(32,606 posts)Coventina
(26,874 posts)MAKE A RUN FOR THE BORDER!!!
doc03
(35,151 posts)from Ukraine without Russians. I think as this war goes on for months or years it will cause unrest in Europe and cause major political problems.