Russia’s anti-war class didn’t vanish. Many fled — and paid for freedom with exile.
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In this episode, Elvira Bary looks at what happened to the Russians who opposed Putin’s war and fled after the invasion of Ukraine. Some left in the first shock of February 2022; others ran during the mobilization panic when the war came for them personally. They scattered across Georgia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Serbia, Europe, Israel, Dubai, Portugal, and the United States — but escape was never simple. This video explores who could leave, who could not, how exile split by class and profession, why freedom often began with lost status, how families broke under the pressure of immigration, and what this new Russian-speaking diaspora may become.
Video Chapters:
00:00 What Actually Happened to the Anti-War Russians Who Fled After the Ukraine War?
02:53 The First Wave
05:10 The Mobilization Panic
07:54 Where They Scattered
10:35 The Ones Who Couldn’t Leave
13:32 The Life Downgrade
16:00 The Family Cost
18:38 The New Diaspora
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