Today there is an opportunity to return, but tomorrow, due to the hysteria being whipped up in Western Europe, might be gone.” “Considering what is happening, it is right to finally start being rational. “Our citizens who remain in Western countries need to think about where they went, what they found, and what awaits them,” Volodin wrote on his Telegram channel. Petersburg International Economic Forum prompted officials, such as State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, to renew calls for emigres to come home. President Vladimir Putin in June claimed that half of the Russians who left the country after the start of the conflict have since returned, and more of them are still returning. Russian officials are working to lure back the hundreds of thousands of citizens who moved abroad since the launch of the country's military offensive against Ukraine - but have so far given them little, if any, incentive to go back.īetween 700,000 and 1.5 million Russians are estimated to have left the country following the February 2022 offensive, either out of opposition to the war or fear of being sent to the frontlines.įor the Kremlin, this mass exodus of predominantly young, educated workers - widely called relokanti (which translates to “those who’ve relocated”) - is a matter of urgency, as it exacerbates the country’s economic and demographic woes, the latter of which Moscow considers a national security issue.
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