Russian emigration following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine
ONGOING MIGRATION OF RUSSIAN CITIZENS IN RESPONSE TO THE 2022 INVASION OF UKRAINE
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Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, more than 300,000 Russian citizens and residents are estimated to have left Russia by mid-March 2022, at least 500,000 by the end of August 2022, and more than 800,000 by September 2022 as political refugees and economic migrants, and due to a desire to evade criminal prosecution for opposing the invasion. Aside from fear of being conscripted after president Vladimir Putin's announcement of partial mobilization, those fleeing voiced reasons such as disagreement with the military operation, the uselessness and cruelty of war, sympathy for Ukraine, disagreement with the political roots of the war with Ukraine, the rejection of killing, and an assessment that Russia is no longer the place for their family.