'Speaking realistically, I might not return [to Russia] for the rest of my life,' anti-Putin emigree in Serbia says.
's increasingly totalitarian realm have set about reestablishing their lives in the handful of countries situated somewhere between the"Russian world" and the West: Kazakhstan, Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Israel, and Serbia.
A tourist trinkets kiosk in central Belgrade, Serbia seen on August 16, 2023 offers patrons a range of T-shirt options featuring cultural figures including Belgrade-born tennis star Novak Djokovic , Serbian-American inventor Nikolai Tesla and Russian President Vladmir Putin .
Many of them are still reliant on salaries from Russia-based companies that continue to pay them in rubles for remote work, forcing them to turn to a combination of high-commission transfer services and crypto currency accounts in order to get around Western financial sanctions in order to get paid. Many note that the effect of the international sanctions has been harder on Russians fleeing the Putin regime than on those who, willingly or not, continue living under it.
"Ukrainians and Russians live in parallel realities, even in Serbia," Dmitry noted."Every time I've tried to get acquainted with Ukrainians in Belgrade, even just to interview them about their experiences, they were hesitant. They know that there are Kremlin agents among the Russian community here." "This is the best place for mixed families," Olga, a Russian national in her 40s whose husband holds a Ukrainian passport, told."When Serbians hear us speaking Russian, they say 'oh, our brother Russians!' Then, when we tell them that my husband is from Ukraine, they say, 'oh, our brother Ukrainians!' It's the one place where we can all be accepted as fully-fledged people.
"I'd like to have a couple of cases opened against me in Russia," Timofei said with a bit of irony in his voice."That way maybe I could get asylum in Europe."
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