The great migration: the emigration of treason Why do people in the modern world often want to change their country of residence. The number of Russians aged 18 to 24 years willing to move abroad for permanent place of residence, the highest over the last five years. At the same time, the vast majority of Russians would not want to leave Russia. According to sociologists, on average, the share of those wishing to leave abroad for permanent residence unchanged since 2011 (10-13%). Whether these citizens as potential “fifth column”, and even the candidates “traitors”? In Soviet times, in fact, moving to permanent residence abroad and was considered something akin to treason. But if in Stalin’s time it was called escape and treason and was punishable, in the case of restraint, is strictly up to the shooting, then later, “vegetarian” times “only” was selected apartment (apartment wasn’t in private ownership), sometimes
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