Demography (2/2): Russia’s Many Leavers
Many Russians live in other countries. The numbers are significant here too: estimates range between 20 and 30 million. Meanwhile, the number of people wanting to leave Russia, especially young people, is increasing. This undoubtedly says something about the climate in the broadest sense of the word.
Happiness
Russia ranks 68th in the World Happiness Report (read or download via here), with a barely passing score of 5.6 based on factors like prosperity, social connection, life expectancy, and freedom of choice. Even Pakistan ranks higher. Good news for Russians is that their happiness is practically around the corner: neighboring Finland is number 1.
Why Russia’s Young People Want Out (VOA News, 2019, 2 m); also see Russians Leaving for US Under Tough Political Climate (2019, 2 m) from the same channel.
Young Russians Eager To Emigrate, But Not Always For Good
(Current Time, 2019)
Podcast: Почему россияне уезжают из России?
(Learn Russian With Dasha/Russian With Max, 2020, 21 m)
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[EN]
- What’s it like to Retire in Russia & Why Young Russians Wanna Move Abroad (Russian Plus, 2020, 4 m), also see this item on Russian villages
- 5 reasons not to live in Russia (Russian Progress, 2020, 11 m), from the same channel 5 reasons to live in Russia (2020, 15 m)
- Do I Want to Leave Russia? (NFKRZ, 2020, 12 m)
- Is Russia a good place to live? Survey (1420, 2020, 8 m), from the same channel Name one country that you don’t like (2020, 2 m)
- Do Russians want to move abroad? (Modern Wall Street, 2015, 1 m), from the same channel Russia is experiencing a brain drain (2015, 1 m)
- Do Russians want to leave their homeland? (Pravda Report, 2012, 4 m)
[RU]
- Топ-5 причин уехать из России в 2021 году (Семья на море, 2020, 10 m)
- Почему люди уезжают из России? Вынужденная эмиграция или синдром неудачника (Игорь Рыбаков, 2020, 15 m)
- Почему люди уезжают из России (Реальные Будни, 2020, 8 m)
- Навальный о том как молодежь уезжает из страны (Лучшее с Навальным, 2020, 16 m)
- Почему россияне уезжают из России. Соц-опрос 2019 (Мой протест, 2019, 10 m)
- Россияне бегут от Путина в эмиграцию (Вот Так, 2019, 3 m)
- Молодежь хочет уехать из России (Хватит молчать!, 2019, 11 m)
- Переезд в другую страну. Готовы ли люди уехать из России на ПМЖ? (Просто/Сложно, 2019, 7 m)
- Почему россияне бегут из России? (Жизнь в России, 2018, 6 m)
- Молодежь уезжает из России (Новости Сверхдержавы, 2018, 10 m)
- Эмиграция из РФ: валить глупо оставаться (Флесс, 2018, 5 m)
- Почему русские уезжают из России? (Григорий Явлинский, 2018, 3 m)
- Волна эмиграции: россияне бегут из России – почему? (Телеканал ICTV, 2017, 10 m)
Reading
[EN]
- One out of five Russians wants to leave the country. Here’s who they are. (The Washington Post, 2019)
- Why Russia’s young are leaving in droves (DW, 2019)
- Record 20% of Russians Say They Would Like to Leave Russia (Gallup, 2019)
- Generation Z Wants to Leave Russia in Record Numbers, Poll Shows (Bloomberg, 2019)
- Official Data Vastly Underestimates Russian Emigration – Report (The Moscow Times, 2019), from the same outlet Young Russians’ Desire to Leave Hits 10-Year High (2019)
- The Putin exodus: The new Russian brain drain (Atlantic Council, 2019), from the same outlet More and more Russians are fleeing oppression in Russia (2019)
- Twelve reasons why Russia sucks (James Sunderland, Medium 2018)
- Russia’s Exceptional Diaspora (Wilson Center, 2017)
- Millions of Educated Russians Flee Putin’s Russia (Newsweek, 2017)
- Russia’s ‘Slow Bleeding’ Brain Drain (US news, 2016)
- Why young Russians are leaving the country (Russia Beyond, 2013), from the same outlet Russia interested in the Russian diaspora living abroad (2012)
- Why do so many Russians move abroad? (Quora)
- Russian diaspora (Wikipedia)
[RU]
- Кто уезжает из России. Что статистика знает об эмиграции (Tinkoff.ru, 2019)
- «Это индикатор недовольства»: почему уезжают из России (Gazeta.ru, 2019)
- Время уезжать: почему столько людей хотят покинуть Россию (Forbes.ru, 2019)
- Россия переживает новый всплеск эмиграции (Eurasianet.org, 2019)
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GOPNIK AND THE SLAV SQUAT
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Photo: Igor Mukhin
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