Six months in exile : a new life of Russian emigrants

Abstract

The focus of this report is on Russian emigrants who left Russia after February 24, 2022. This report does not cover those who left earlier, as well as those who are still in Russia, but plan to leave. In August-early September 2022, before the announcement of the "partial" mobilization, the research project OutRush conducted a second wave of the online panel survey of emigrants from Russia who are currently in more than 60 countries all over the globe. We surveyed the respondents in March 2022 and invited new participants by posting and disseminating a link to the survey. The link was distributed through online channels, social media groups, and internet influencers. The participation of those previously surveyed allowed us to draw conclusions about the dynamics of the respondents' movements, and changes in attitudes, plans, and expectations. Our panel data is the only opportunity today to monitor changes within the Russian emigrants' communities who left the country after February 24. The survey data are complemented by a series of semi-structured interviews conducted in the summer of 2022 in Tbilisi.