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Running for cover: our Ukraine-refugees special

The Intelligence from The Economist

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Corchova Refugee Centre - The Number of Men

In late february, ukraines president zalenski announced the imposition of martial law. This bars ukranian men between the ages of 18 and 60 from leaving their country. Yet at corchova, there are plenty of men. Most can leave because they possess a second passport - often from a former soviet republic. Their trips back home, back to countries which many have never spent any real amount of time in, are being arranged and paid for by their native lands. Almost everyone you meet bears a personal animus against vladimir putin.

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