Ukraine update: As Putin rants about internal enemies, 250,000 Russians flee their country
Hunter
A new report from The New Yorker sheds some light on a new emerging dynamic, as sanctions stifle Russian life and Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin makes ever-more-Soviet speeches declaring war opponents to be enemies of his state—and with new laws to match. Russians, too, are fleeing their country.
People are leaving "because they fear political persecution, conscription, and isolation; because they dread being locked in an unfamiliar new country that eerily resembles the old Soviet Union feels immoral," says author Masha Gessen. Getting out before that lockdown happens is one thing; finding somewhere to flee to is another.
Hunter
A new report from The New Yorker sheds some light on a new emerging dynamic, as sanctions stifle Russian life and Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin makes ever-more-Soviet speeches declaring war opponents to be enemies of his state—and with new laws to match. Russians, too, are fleeing their country.
People are leaving "because they fear political persecution, conscription, and isolation; because they dread being locked in an unfamiliar new country that eerily resembles the old Soviet Union feels immoral," says author Masha Gessen. Getting out before that lockdown happens is one thing; finding somewhere to flee to is another.
