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How do Russians avoid the war and how is life in hiding or abroad? - DW News
Hundreds of thousands of Russians have left their homeland since President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine last year.
Many were fleeing economic hardship. Others wanted to avoid being called up to fight in Ukraine. Some who are unwilling to join the army are still in Russia but living in hiding.