Pyotro zolevsky is the economist's turkey correspondent. Turkey has become a temporary haven for russians in vladimer putin's dictatorship. According to turkish media, at least 14 thousand russians are estimated to have moved to turkey since the start of the war. These are young professionals, bankers, lawyers, journalists and computer programmers. They are fleeing an economy that has been ravaged by western sanctions.
The war in Ukraine has created the greatest flux of refugees in Europe since the second world war. We visit Poland, where the response has been remarkably smooth, and a New York neighbourhood that is no stranger to émigrés from the region. And we consider the displaced who are largely overlooked: why are so many Russians exiling themselves in Turkey?
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