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| Who are the Russians leaving their country? |
| 2022-04-07 |
Unexpected secondary consequences. [DW] Since its invasion of Ukraine, Russia is experiencing the largest exodus since the October Revolution of 1917. Many who are leaving are intellectuals and artists. Their future is uncertain.On the night of March 4, 2022, Russian investigative journalist Andrei Loshak could hardly sleep — in fact, he had slept very little since February 24, the day Russia invaded Ukraine. He checked channels on the encrypted messaging app Telegram, and found one message in particular that made him freeze in fear: In the near future, martial law could be imposed in Russia, which would make it impossible to leave the country. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 I was once at a retail store in Israel. Someone had asked me to say hello to Igor. I said to the clerk, "Is Igor here?" "We have 3 Igors here" said the clerk. "What does your Igor look like?" |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2022-04-07 15:16 |