In contrast, this came today, too:
The U.S. on Monday issued a top-level advisory telling American citizens to leave Russia immediately and cease travel to the country as Russia’s war against neighboring Ukraine continues, citing risks of harassment and wrongful detention for Americans specifically.
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The 2nd article makes the point that this is the 3rd mass exodus from Russia in the last ~100 years: during & after the October Revolution & the Bolshevik/Menshevik mess, after the fall of USSR, and now.
The destabilizing effects will be felt for another hundred years, in Russia, in Europe, and wherever those masses of refugees settle.