Why are people leaving Russia, who are they, and where are they going?

2023-06-04 07:21

A trickle of Russians leaving became a stream after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine of 2022.

Why are people leaving Russia, who are they, and where are they going?

Hundreds of thousands of Russians are estimated to have left their country since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. We look at who they are, where they are going, and why they are leaving.

Svetlana is in her early 30s and originally from a small town. She moved to Moscow at 18 to...