Invisible costs of exiting autocracy : subjective well-being and emotional burnout among Russian wartime migrants

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dc.contributor.authorSERGEEVA, Ivetta
dc.contributor.authorKAMALOV, Emil
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-11T10:06:41Z
dc.date.available2025-04-11T10:06:41Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.descriptionPublished online: 21 March 2025en
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the impact of autocratic homelands on the subjective well-being of political emigrants. Drawing on unique survey data comprising 2,567 observations and in-depth interviews with Russian emigrants who left the country following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, we demonstrate that the actions of autocratic homelands contribute significantly to emigrants’ well-being, often surpassing conventional economic and social determinants. Specifically, fear of transnational repression from the Russian government is strongly associated with lower subjective well-being, with effects comparable to those of income loss and unemployment. Even more pronounced negative effects arise from experiences of discrimination and the anticipation of such discrimination due to host-country backlash against the actions of autocratic states. Additionally, feelings of guilt stemming from homeland’s aggression further exacerbate political emigrants’ distress. Autocratic regimes thus continue to exert influence over their citizens abroad by imposing “invisible costs” on political emigrants, contributing to depressive states and activist burnout.en
dc.identifier.citationPost-Soviet affairs, 2025, OnlineFirsten
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/1060586X.2025.2477417
dc.identifier.issn1060-586X
dc.identifier.issn1938-2855
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/78290
dc.language.isoenen
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dc.publisherRoutledgeen
dc.relation.ispartofPost-Soviet affairsen
dc.subjectMigration
dc.subjectWar
dc.subjectRussia
dc.subjectUkraine
dc.subjectSubjective well-being
dc.titleInvisible costs of exiting autocracy : subjective well-being and emotional burnout among Russian wartime migrantsen
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