Russian Exiles News Today

Russian investigative media outlet Agentstvo this week published report saying two participants who attended April 29-30 meeting of Russian dissidents in Berlin experienced health problems

Dmitry Glukhovsky, the Russian author of Metro 2033, is currently standing trial in absentia in Moscow for speaking out against Putin. He has gone into hiding in Europe, where Die Welt has met up with him in a secret location in Berlin.

Margarita Mihailova fled Russia last year for Armenia, leaving behind family, culture and profession. A documentary filmmaker, she now instructs young journalists on the art of filmmaking.

Russian Civil society group provides medicines.

Turkey is one of the few countries where Russian airplanes can fly and Russian passport holders can enter without visas, making it a prime destination for Russians seeking to escape both Putin’s crackdowns and the effects of economic sanctions. For VOA, Dorian Jones reports from Istanbul.

Paris in the early 20th century became a refuge for Russians, whose culture enriched the city, writes Helen Rappaport in “After the Romanovs.”

For the emigres in Paris, hopefulness and nostalgia eventually turned into something far more painful, as they were forced to witness from afar the evil that consumed their beloved homeland.

Increasing numbers of Russian political dissidents are leaving their homeland for Germany. They oppose the war in Ukraine, and are dismayed at the attacks on freedom of expression in Russia.

Day by day, tens of thousands of Ukrainians flee the war. Critics of the regime in Russia are leaving their country, as well. They oppose the war of aggression and suffer the consequences of the restricted freedom of expression in Russia.