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In December 2021, 20% of Russians said they would like to live and work abroad, a percentage that fell to 15 or 16% in December of 2022, according to Russian and international polls. But in both cases, the share wanting to do so was only about half of what it was in developed countries elsewhere. While polls in authoritarian and especially totalitarian countries are notoriously unreliable – people aren’t likely to give answers to pollsters they don’t know that will likely get them in trouble – both the downward trend since Putin began his expanded war in Ukraine and the fact that Russian figures are lower than those elsewhere are striking.
Democracy Index 2022: Russia 'acquiring many features of dictatorship.' Russia recorded the biggest drop in score of any country in the world in 2022 following its invasion of Ukraine and further repressions in Russia, according to Democracy Index's annual report.
The number of Russian nationals who have renounced their citizenship reached a three-year high in 2022, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said. Tens of thousands of Russians moved abroad in the wake of the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine and the country's "partial" mobilization of reservists in the fall. A total of 4,306 Russians turned to diplomatic missions and consulates
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