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“Where are the Russians who oppose the war? Why don't they protest? Why don't
they stop Putin? Why don't they fill the streets and say, "Not in our name"?
The answer is uncomfortable. Many of them are gone.
Not all of them. Not enough to change the country from outside. But a very
specific class of Russians — journalists, tech workers, artists, researchers,
activists, young professionals, educated urban people — packed their lives into
suitcases and left.
Some left because they understood immediately what the invasion meant. Some
left when the word "war" became dangerous. Some left when mobilization turned
the war from television into a knock on the door.
And that departure changed Russia, because the people who fled were often the
same people who could investigate, organize, translate, build networks,
question authority, and imagine a different future. Leaving saved them. But it
also hollowed out the country they left behind.”
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
