Hundreds of thousands of Russians fled from repression and the war their country had started. Their exodus has had a ruinous effect on Russia's future, says John Defterios. The biggest exodus of the westernized educated class since the 1920s feels just as self-inflicted. It's clear that Russia's borders were not threatened by any outside power.
After a year of a conflict that was predicted to last just days, we examine the battle lines—seeing an opportunity for Ukraine that may not come around again. We look at the strains on Russian civil society by speaking with self-exiled citizens. And one Ukrainian woman who returned to Kharkiv tells us how the war has changed her.
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