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You'd surely be shocked learning what those common people are doing in some parts of the world, like Ukraine :)

It should be easy to imagine that the russians committing war crimes in Ukraine and the russians fleeing conscription/political persecution for opposing the state by moving to the few countries that would take them are not the same group of people

Not exactly true, soldiers returning from the front can actually leave and move abroad. Also, with the amount of "hybrid-warfare" taking place in Europe it's safe to say not all russians "fleeing" russia are exactly well-intentioned. Let's skip the discussion about the advantages of having russian minorities in your own country, shall we?

edit: Would love to get a real argument instead of downvotes, but I'd say this speaks for itself

Then why do Russian soldier keep popping up in Finland.

No they don't, please don't spread misinformation. The border is closed.

Maybe you misunderstood his comment, because russians can actually get into europe, and once you are in a schengen area country it's a free for all. And what he mentioned can be easily verified.

I thought 'those' common people decided to stop sponsoring the war by leaving.

But surely one can see how adding more idiotic rules and roadblocks for them just might make staying a more attractive option :)

I am sure most russians leaving have left because they are against imperialist expansion and would prefer a free Ukraine, not because they have realized they might have more skin in the game once the 3-days special operation has failed.

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