One of my colleagues emigrated from Russia shortly before certain "military operations" began and although her choice to move was not motivated by those, she is

One of my colleagues emigrated from Russia shortly before certain "military operations" began and although her choice to move was not motivated by those, she is glad to be out on time. That being said, it is tough on her to be away from her family, especially since it is now quite difficult and costly to meet up with any of them. She has also noticed an increasing gap between herself and those members of her family that blindly follow the gospel of the current regime. As for determining if your social circle has your best interest at heart, it could be a translation issue, but if you ask a question like that I'd say you already know the answer. With real friends there should not be any doubt. Could be that's just my Western privilege speaking though. A big part of Mao's strategy to control the population was to make them all mistrust each other. It wouldn't surprise me if Russia is going through a similar playbook right now. For more practical experience from someone in the process of going through immigration, I've been following Roman [1] since long before all this started and his perspective has been very insightful to me as an outsider. [1] https://www.youtube.com/@roman_nfkrz https://www.youtube.com/@roman_nfkrz