Anton Kardashov / Moskva News Agency
Moscow Times: Record Number of Russians Want to Emigrate – Gallup
A record one-fifth of Russians would like to leave the country if they could, a threefold increase from five years ago, the Gallup pollster said Thursday.
Public polling inside Russia has indicated in recent years that between 17 and 20 percent of Russians were willing to migrate. Official data, which has been criticized for downplaying immigration figures, says Russia’s emigration numbers have reached a six-year record.
In Gallup's 2018 poll, 20 percent of Russian respondents said they would like to leave Russia if they could.
The share of Russians seeking to move permanently to another country had never passed Gallup’s 17-percent high in 2007, the U.S. pollster’s results say. However, this number has grown steadily over the past five years, tripling from 7 percent in 2014 to 20 percent in 2018.
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WNU Editor: If I was to open an office to cater to Russians interested in immigrating to Canada, I would be busy 24/7. There has been a huge spike among Russians under the age of 30 who want to leave Russia. Over 30 the sentiment is to stay. Why do many young Russians want to leave? The usual reasons .... the desire to start a new life, economic, etc.. And while politics is a factor, it is not the main factor.
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