As many as one million Russians fled overseas within the first yr of the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine. Now 1000’s are returning residence, delivering a propaganda victory to President Vladimir Putin and a lift to his conflict economic system.
With the conflict nonetheless raging, and the person who began it about to imagine one other six-year time period in energy, many Russians are confronting a tough selection. Dealing with rejections when renewing residence permits, difficulties with transferring work and cash overseas, and restricted locations that also welcome them, they’re opting to finish their self-exile.