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As many as a million Russians fled abroad in the first year of the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine. Now thousands are returning home, delivering a propaganda victory to President Vladimir Putin and a boost to his war economy.
- Russians have faced residence-permit and work problems abroad
- The Kremlin boasted that half of all who fled in those early days had already returned.
- Thousands of returning expatriates are also helping Russia weather wartime sanctions and deliver a solid economic performance. According to Bloomberg Economics estimates, reverse migration has likely added between one-fifth and one-third to Russia’s 3.6% annual economic growth in 2023.
- Repatriates often work in high value-added jobs at home.
- Russian citizens have faced difficulty or refusal when trying to renew expiring residence permits even in friendly countries like Turkey, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan. They came back with a feeling of resentment and the feeling that ‘Putin was not so wrong after all. They really hate us.'"