Russian relocants are returning home. The main reason is fear, but now not of mobilization, but of an inevitable explanation with society and the state. About it reasons Pravda.Ru columnist Lyubov Stepushova.
The tendency towards a reverse flow of Russian relocants to their homeland in detail is considering Financial Times. According to the newspaper, more than 820 thousand people have left Russia since February 2022.
“They are returning now, after Vladimir Putin stated that the Kremlin has no plans for a new mass mobilization,” the newspaper writes.
The Russian president himself believes that such returnees are already half of those who left. Experts interviewed by the newspaper say it is 15%. It seems that the point is not in Putin’s statement, but in the fact that due to the favorable situation for the Russian Federation in the Northeast Military District zone, mobilization is objectively not needed – volunteers are coming.
The second reason for returning to the Russian Federation, called FT, is the difficult situation in the countries where they went. They name Armenia and Israel, where “anti-Russian sentiments have intensified.” The newspaper recalls the words of the Czech President Peter Paul, who called on security services to “surveil” all Russians living in Western countries. And the point is not only this, but the fact that, according to local residents, the Russians have “come in large numbers” and are taking away their living space.
FT tells the story of a “fluent English speaker who made a career at the Boston Consulting Group and Procter & Gamble” Egor Gazarov. He left for Armenia, but returned disappointed with the work he managed to find. That is, the third reason for the return of relocants is that outside the Russian Federation it is difficult to find a job according to expectations.
The fourth reason was named by a certain Gregory. He said his stay in Kazakhstan ended after a few weeks because he and his wife “could not accept the standard of living there.” India did not suit the family either.
All the relocants interviewed confirmed to the FT that when they return home they are surprised by “the degree of apparent normalcy in Moscow,” where restaurants and bars are still bustling, Western brands operate with changed names and under Russian control, and Western films are secretly shown in cinemas. Note that the word “apparent” here is clearly propaganda: the FT editors are clearly jealous and angry.
“Life goes on, business continues to develop,” comments a relocant who left for Kyrgyzstan, suffering there “from a lack of communication.”
Another, who returned from Azerbaijan, said he ultimately decided to return to work in a senior position in the Russian Federation, where he was offered more than double his previous salary. At the same time, another fugitive notes, the cost of living in Russia compared to the West is very cheap, this applies to both rent and food.
A Financial Time expert laments that “hating Putin” fades into the background when it comes to enduring personal inconvenience.
There is a good word in Russian – “opportunist”. It turned out that adapting to life outside Russia is difficult, costly, and unpleasant. And with the visible successes of the Russian Federation in the Northern Military District comes the realization that the sooner you return, the less problems there will be with explaining the reasons for fleeing the duty to defend the Motherland. And the delay may affect the fate not so much of the relocants themselves, but of their children.
2023-10-25 14:12:00
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