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Why are people leaving Russia, who are they, and where are they going? www.bbc.com

Hundreds of thousands of Russians are estimated to have left their country since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. We look at who they are, where they are going, and why they are leaving.
Svetlana is in her early 30s and originally from a small town. She moved to Moscow at 18 to study physics at university. After graduation she worked as a product manager for various companies.
"I never thought I'd have to leave, I planned to retire in Moscow," she says, "I love Russia and I enjoyed my life."
Russians had been leaving even before the Ukraine war, including those who disagreed with Moscow's annexation of Crimea in 2014 and with new laws that made it easier to punish dissent. Many settled in the Baltic states and other EU countries, as well as in Georgia.
For Svetlana, the full-scale invasion of Ukraine of 2022 was a turning point.
"When the war started, I realised that it would not be over soon and also that people would not come out to protest. I felt both emotionally and rationally it made sense to leave," she says. She is now in Belgrade, Serbia's capital.
"I wanted to put as great a distance between myself and the authorities as possible."
Many Russians shared her feelings and what had been a trickle turned into a stream.
Clash of generations in Russia as young take on parents
The first wave came in March and April last year - new emigres told the BBC they were against the war, and disappointed more Russians did not come out to protest. Feeling isolated and at risk, they felt it was safer to leave.
President Putin began a military mobilisation in September 2022. Described as "partial" by the authorities, in reality it meant most men were at risk of the draft.
Numerous reports followed of poor training and insufficient kit provided to the newly conscripted.
Men and their families started leaving in droves, creating days'-long queues on the Russian borders with Georgia and Kazakhstan.
The Russian president's official spokesman Dmitry Peskov has denied Russians were leaving en masse to avoid being drafted.
In April Russian authorities introduced an "online call-up", where new conscripts could be added to a digital register rather than be handed the papers by hand - he also denied the new system was designed to stop the flow of men leaving.
How many left - and where to?
There are no exact figures on how many people have left Russia - but estimates vary from hundreds of thousands to several million.
In May the UK Ministry of Defence estimated 1.3 million people leaving Russia in 2022.
Other estimates of figures from various sources confirm the trend. Forbes magazine cited sources inside the Russian authorities as saying that between 600,000 and 1,000,000 people left in 2022. The Bell and RTVi - both independent Russian media - published comparable figures.
Leaving Russia is relatively easy, as long as you have money and have not been called up to the army. But finding a permanent place to stay is hard.
In the months following the start of the war many countries, mostly the EU and the US, made it difficult for Russians to apply for visas unless they already had family there or were travelling for work.
In many other countries - such as Georgia and Armenia - Russians faced no such restrictions and could come and go as they please. They still can.
Other countries, including Kazakhstan, changed their laws earlier this year, reportedly to stem the flow of Russian immigrants by limiting how many days they can stay as tourists.
Without a prospect of returning to Russia, more and more people need to apply for residency to be able to work in the countries they are settling in - though many are finding ways to keep working remotely for Russian employers.
We know that in the past 15 months, around 155,000 Russians received temporary residence permits in, collectively, EU countries, in several countries of the Balkans, Caucasus and Central Asia.
Nearly 17,000 have applied for political asylum in EU countries but only around 2,000 have received it, according to the European Union Agency for Asylum.
The Russian Interior Ministry says 40% more have applied for foreign passports in 2022 than in the year before.
'I was terrified of being sent to kill other people'
Since the start of this war we have spoken to dozens of Russians who have left.
They come from different walks of life. Some are journalists like us, but there are also IT experts, designers, artists, academics, lawyers, doctors, PR specialists, and linguists. Most are under 50. Many share western liberal values and hope Russia will be a democratic country one day. Some are LGBTQ+.
Sociologists studying the current Russian emigration say there is evidence that those leaving are younger, better educated and wealthier than those staying. More often they are from bigger cities.
Thomas is from St Petersburg.
"I am a pacifist and was terrified of being sent to kill other people. I've been against Russia's policy towards Ukraine since 2014. Invasion and killing of civilians is unacceptable," he says.
A man - who the BBC has not spoken to - is detained at a protest in Moscow. Some who protested against military mobilisation were themselves handed draft papers
After the start of the full-scale invasion he posted anti-war messages on social media and joined street protests, he says. As a gay man, he was also concerned for his safety.
"After Russia adopted laws on 'ban on gay propaganda' and on 'fake news' about the Russian army I knew that the threat to my life and freedom had increased," he says.
Thomas applied for political asylum in Sweden and tried to explain to the authorities there why returning to Russia would be dangerous. His application was turned down but he appealed against the decision.
"Since I only have the right to limited time with a state lawyer, I am working on gathering evidence for my case on my own."
For Sergei, a native of the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, it is a different set of problems. He is now in Tbilisi, Georgia. The day Russia invaded Ukraine, he phoned several of his friends and they all agreed the war was bad news.
"Whatever happened next, the economy was going to go down," he says. "A week later we all met up and decided we needed to prepare to [leave]."
As days went on, Sergei says, the war got closer.
"We saw a lot of military kit on its way to Ukraine. Hospitals were full of wounded. Rostov airport was closed for civilian flights but there were lots of planes and we knew where they were going."
In September after Putin's mobilisation speech Sergei's mother, who had criticised him for not being sufficiently patriotic, phoned him and said: "Pack your things and go." Sergei drove all night to Georgia, where he now lives.
Advertisements for army service have become common in Russia
"My wife and child are still in Russia. I have to pay their expenses and accommodation out there and my own here. I work two jobs - one remotely for my company in Russia and one here, for a friend's small business."
Sergei says he is saving money to get his family out of Russia to another country. His wife, who had been reluctant, now agrees they need to look for a new life elsewhere, he says.
What does this mean for Russia?
The Russian authorities tried to downplay the impact of hundreds of thousands of educated and well-off people leaving the country along with their money, but the economic impact is evident.
Russia's largest private bank, Alfa Bank, estimates that 1.5% of Russia's entire workforce may have left the country. Most of those who left are highly skilled professionals. Companies complain of staff shortages and hiring difficulties.
Russia's Central Bank reported in the early stages of the war that Russians withdrew a record 1.2 trillion roubles (around £12bn / $15bn) from their accounts. This is a scale unseen in Russia since the 2008 financial crisis.
Economist Sergei Smirnov from the Russian National Academy of Sciences believes that, as a general trend, higher skilled individuals will continue to look for ways to leave.
"There will be increasingly more demand for people to be able to fix cars or make shoes. I don't like apocalyptic scenarios but I believe this will lead to productivity within the Russian economy continuing to fall over time."
The economist points out that these trends will primarily affect large cities, such as Moscow, St Petersburg and Yekaterinburg.
"Most of the Russian territory will not be aware of these transformations because standards of living in smaller cities, towns and villages have always been low and will continue to be in the future."
Meanwhile Svetlana, in Belgrade, has no plans to return to Russia.
"I am working for a start-up based in Moldova but recently I applied for a job in the Netherlands."
Sergei in Tbilisi is applying for jobs in Europe. For now his life is tough: "I don't have any days off, sometimes I don't have enough time for a night's sleep, I nap in the car."
And Thomas in Sweden hopes he won't be forced to go back to Russia where he fears homophobic abuse. He is learning Swedish to be able to get any job at all.
Edited by Kateryna Khinkulova
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Mongolia To Strengthen Transparency Through Constitutional Reforms www.moderndiplomacy.eu

The Government of Mongolia has this week made efforts to strengthen the governance of its legislature and increase transparency by passing into law a number of changes to the country’s constitution. The country hopes to create more opportunities for civil society representation by moving to a mixed electoral system.
Representatives in the country’s parliament, the State Great Khural, debated and approved reforms that will increase the number of members in the parliament from 76 to 126, with nearly 40% of the MPs now being elected through proportional representation. The Government is also shortly due to introduce separate proposals that will increase the representation of women in the parliament. All these changes are set to be in place in time for the next set of general elections in 2024.
Mongolia’s political system is centred on the sharing of executive power between the Prime Minister as the head of government, and an elected President. The country’s Constitution was adopted in 1992, with amendments made in 1999, 2000, 2019, and 2022. Recent changes have focused on securing political stability in the country, through for example limiting the maximum term of the presidency from two four-year terms to one six-year term, and amending the number of parliamentarians who can hold ministerial positions.
The increase in the size of the State Great Khural will address the rise in the number of voters represented by each parliamentarian, which has increased from 27,000 in 1992 to 44,000 today. Alongside the move towards a more proportional electoral system, the reforms are designed to bring parliamentarians closer to the people they are elected to serve by enhancing the scrutiny given to new laws.
A separate amendment to the country’s constitution creates a role for Mongolia’s Constitutional Court in reaching a final decision on citizen petitions alleging breaches of civil rights and freedoms, including equal rights between men and women, freedom of thought, speech, and peaceful assembly.
Commenting on the proposed changes to the constitution, Mongolia’s Prime Minister, L. Oyun-Erdene, said:
“I strongly support these proposed changes to Mongolia’s Constitution. They represent a further step for our country in the direction of a more inclusive and democratic future. Through increasing the representation in our parliament and broadening input into the law-making process, we will be better placed to meet current challenges and ensure that we continue to make progress towards our Vision 2050 goals, improving the livelihoods of people across Mongolia.”
 
 
 
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Twenty thousand People Participating in “Ulaanbaatar Marathon-2023” www.montsame.mn

“Ulaanbaatar Marathon-2023” is currently taking place at the Sukhbaatar Square. (June 03)
The international marathon annually organized by the Governor’s Office of the Capital city of Mongolia among professional and amateur runners and this year more than 20 thousand people from 30 countries including best professional runners of Mongolia, Japan, France and Kenya are taking part in the marathon.
Mongolian runner N.Munkhbayar has won in men’s 42 km or full marathon, while G.Khishigsaikhan won in women's full marathon.
The marathon has 1,500 meters, 5,000 meters, 10 kilometers, 21 kilometers and 42 kilometers running categories. Specifically, the 1,500-meter run includes a run for families and disabled people. Full marathon or 42 kilometers is for participants over 18 years old, half marathon or 21 kilometers is for participants aged 18 to 34, 35 to 54, and over 55 years old, health run or 10 kilometers, 5,000 meters are for 12 to 17 and over 18 years old participants
Full marathon or 42 kilometers and half marathon or 21 kilometers running distances for disabled people have been added to this year’s marathon.
“Ulaanbaatar Marathon-2023” has been expanded to a day and a variety of art performances, services promoting a healthy lifestyle, recreation areas, and mobile food areas are being offered throughout the day. Moreover, traveling DJ sets, circus performances for children, contortion, bodybuilding shows, public dances and exercises are on display along the marathon route.
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Pope to visit Mongolia at end of summer in visit rich in geopolitical significance www.ap.com

Pope Francis is traveling to Mongolia at the end of the summer, a visit that will be a first for a pontiff and one rich in geopolitical significance given its proximity to Russia and China.
The Vatican on Saturday confirmed the Aug. 31-Sept. 4 trip to the landlocked U.S-allied country sandwiched between Russia and China, two countries popes have never visited.
The visit comes as Francis is trying to toe a diplomatic line in his relations with both countries: With Moscow, Francis is seeking an opening for a peace envoy to nudge Russia and Ukraine to negotiations to end the war. With China, the Vatican has seen its landmark 2018 accord over bishop nominations violated, with Beijing making unilateral decisions.
Francis will be ministering to a tiny Christian community in Mongolia, part of his focus on visiting far-flung Catholics on the peripheries of the church’s main centers of influence. According to statistics by the Catholic nonprofit Aid to the Church in Need, Mongolia is 53% Tantric Buddhist, 39% atheist, 3% Muslim, 3% Shaman and 2% Christian.
Mongolia has strived to maintain its political and economic independence from both its Soviet-era patron Moscow — which supplies virtually all of its energy needs — and rising regional power China, which buys more than 90% of its mining exports, mainly coal and copper.
At the same time, many people in Mongolia refer to the United States as their country’s “third neighbor” in recognition of the many varied exchanges between the two that help counter both Russian and Chinese influence.
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Pope to visit Mongolia, home to just 1,300 Catholics www.reuters.com

VATICAN CITY, June 3 (Reuters) - Pope Francis will make an Aug. 31-Sept. 4 trip to Mongolia, one of the most far-flung places he has ever visited and which has only about 1,300 Catholics but is strategically significant for the Roman Catholic Church because of its proximity to China.
The Vatican announced the trip in a brief statement on Saturday, saying it was being made at the invitation of the country's president and Catholic leaders. Details would be announced in the next few weeks, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said.
Last August, Francis named Archbishop Giorgio Marengo, an Italian, the first cardinal to be based in Mongolia, where he is the Catholic Church's administrator.
Marengo was in Rome last month and met with the pope to discuss the trip.
Francis first spoke of the possibility of going to Mongolia in a conversation with reporters aboard the papal plane returning from a trip to Africa in February.
According to Fides, the news agency of the Vatican's missionary activities, there are about 1,300 baptized Catholics in Mongolia among a population of about 3.3 million people.
According to the U.S. State Department, about 60% of the population identifies as religious while the remainder has no religious identity.
Among those who express a religious identity, 87.1% identify as Buddhist, 5.4% as Muslim, 4.2% as Shamanist, 2.2% as Christian, and 1.1% as followers of other religions.
Although the number of Catholics in Mongolia is smaller that most individual parish churches in many countries, the country is significant for the Vatican.
It has a long border and close ties with China, where the Vatican is trying to improve the situation of Catholics in the communist country.
Mongolia, once known as Outer Mongolia, was part of China until 1921, when it achieved independence with the help of the then Soviet Union. Inner Mongolia remained part of China.
Visiting places where Catholics are a minority is also part of Francis' policy of drawing attention to people and problems in what he has called the peripheries of society and of the world.
He still has not visited most of the capitals of Western Europe in his ten years as head of the 1.3 billion-member Church.
Francis is due to visit Portugal from Aug. 2-6 to attend the World Youth Day in Lisbon and visit the Shrine of Fatima. He has said he said he would probably go to India next year.
Additional reporting by Keith Weir; Editing by Toby Chopra and Mark Potter
 
 
 
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Cardinal Marengo: Pope's Mongolia visit an encouragement for Catholics www.vaticannews.va

In an interview with Vatican News, Cardinal Giorgio Marengo, Apostolic Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, expresses his joy at the announcement of Pope Francis' Apostolic Journey to Mongolia, on 31 August - 4 September, calling it a "great encouragement" for the missionaries and faithful of the East Asian nation.
By Deborah Castellano Lubov
The presence of the successor of St. Peter in Mongolia will offer "a real encouragement for all the faithful and missionaries" and instill a sense of "deep joy" and "grace."
In an interview with Vatican News, Cardinal Giorgio Marengo, the Apostolic Prefect of Mongolia's capital of Ulaanbaatar, the first-ever Cardinal of the country, expressed his joy in receiving Saturday's announcement that Pope Francis will make an Apostolic Journey to the East Asian nation later this summer.
Pope Francis to make Apostolic Journey to Mongolia
Matteo Bruni, the Director of the Holy See Press Office, made the following official announcement on Saturday: "Accepting the invitation of the President of Mongolia and the ecclesial authorities of the country," said Mr. Bruni, "Pope Francis will make an Apostolic Journey to Mongolia from 31 August to 4 September this year." The Press Office Director added that the visit's programme and further details will be released in the coming weeks.
In August 2022, Pope Francis made Cardinal Marengo the nation's first-ever Cardinal, showing his closeness to the fewer-than 1,500 Catholics in all of Mongolia.
In the interview, the Italian-born Cardinal, who has served Mongolia's small Catholic flock since 2001, discusses the significance of Pope Francis' upcoming Apostolic Visit, which will mark the first-ever papal journey to the country.
He also discusses the nation's Catholic community, relations between Christians and other religions, and his hopes for the Pope's visit.
Q: Cardinal Marengo, how do you welcome Pope Francis' Apostolic Visit to Mongolia? What is the Journey's importance?
It is of great importance! First of all, we welcome this official confirmation with deep joy and as an act of grace. I have already received several enthusiastic messages from many people, here in Mongolia, but also from all over the world. So many are saying "what good news!" And it is indeed good news.
This trip is a very important sign for the Church in Mongolia, a sign of care and closeness from the Holy Father for our small and young community. We were already aware of this closeness, because the Pope has always shown special consideration for the peripheries in the world, as special places of witness. But the presence of the Successor of St Peter at our side is a real encouragement for all the faithful and missionaries.
Q: Tell us about the community that will welcome the Pope.
The Apostolic Prefecture of Ulaanbaatar (which covers the entire territory of the country) counts about 1,500 local Catholic faithful, plus the few foreigners here for work or diplomatic assignments.
The missionary community consists of 75 missionaries, representing 10 religious congregations and 27 nationalities. It is a truly international and very diverse community. There are a total of 29 priests (of whom two are local), 36 women religious, six non-priest religious and three lay missionaries. There are 9 officially-registered places of worship.
The bulk of the missionary work takes the form of human promotion projects, flanked also by cultural research and inter-religious dialogue. The late Fr Stephen Kim Seong-hyeon, who suddenly passed away last week at the age of just 55, often confided to me, dreaming of a possible visit by the Holy Father, that it would probably be the only case of a particular Church where each and every member would be able to meet the Holy Father in person.
We thought with him that it would perhaps be possible to include all the faithful in one photo op with Pope Francis.
The Church in Mongolia is a poor and small Church, we are few, we do not have many resources. But in the small communities there is a particularly strong mutual care, and the bonds that are formed between people are marked by an uplifting sense of truth and authenticity.
This means that fraternal correction for example is very spontaneous, because people want the best for each other! There is something similar to the early Church. Which is not to say that there is no sense of history.
Formally, the Church in Mongolia was born in recent years, but in a rapidly changing world and in a country with a long history behind it, where traces of the Christian presence can be found at certain times. People who visit us from outside are often marked by something on the order of spiritual freshness. As a missionary who has served this Church for some 20 years, I can testify to this freshness.
Q: Christians in Mongolia are a minority. How is the relationship with other faiths?
Interfaith coexistence is a heritage that comes from afar and is rooted in the tolerant policy of the Mongolian Khan [rulers in the 1200s]. Christianity was already known and practised around 1000 and we like to ideally reconnect with this ancient tradition.
Last year, we celebrated the first 30 years of effective presence of the Catholic Church in the country in contemporary times. Interreligious dialogue is part of evangelisation, not so much as a strategy, but as a means of witness for the Church.
The interreligious relationship is like a friendship, a story always based on mutual trust and built over time. It is about experiencing together, walking together. The notion of minority comes from outside observation, but here, people do not think in these terms. They think rather about how to live in faithfulness to the Gospel every day.
Q: What fruits do you hope the Holy Father's presence will produce for Mongolia and Asia?
It is important that Mongolia be better known in the world, precisely because of its cultural and religious richness, as well as its history. The Holy Father's visit will certainly contribute to bringing to the forefront the beauty of this land and the nobility of its people, custodians of very deep traditions that have always characterised this region of Asia.
For the small Catholic community, of course, it will be a special gift of grace, thinking of the silent and fruitful work of so many missionaries who have given their lives for the Gospel and continue to do so, far from the spotlight, for the sole good of the people to whom they have been sent.
My hope is that this journey will mark a further step in building relationships of trust and friendship, within which the Gospel is lived and witnessed.
 
 
 
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Department leader recalls professional legacy during Mongolia visit www.statemag.state.gov

Under Secretary for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland visited Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, in April 2023, returning to the city where she helped open the U.S. embassy in 1988. “This takes me back to my diplomatic beginnings—to that feeling of excitement when the United States is creating a relationship with a country,” Nuland said during her recent visit, where she posed for identical photos, 35 years apart in Sukhbaatar Square. As one of just two U.S. diplomats on the ground in 1988, she served as political and economic officer, defense attaché, cultural attaché, and junior admin officer. Nuland recalled the vibrancy of the Mongolian people and how eager the country was for a transition to democracy—an evolution that has given Mongolians opportunity, progress, freedom, and the ability to speak their minds and choose their government.

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Ambassador Buangan Joins AmCham Mongolia’s Doorknock Mission to D.C. www.mn.usembassy.gov

U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia Richard Buangan will join the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Mongolia’s Annual Doorknock Mission to the United States June 7-9.
Ambassador Buangan is looking forward to joining this year’s delegation to strengthen U.S. – Mongolia trade opportunities and noted, “Improving the business climate is essential, and that depends upon the private sector taking the lead. We want to see Mongolia with a diverse economy where investors come in confidence and aspiring young entrepreneurs know their innovation and hard work will be rewarded. The United States is proud to stand with Mongolia as it forges a future that delivers on the hopes and aspirations of the Mongolian people.”
AmCham has been hosting its U.S. Trade Doorknock Mission since 2014 to encourage business leaders from Mongolia to engage with a range of high-level policymakers in Washington, D.C. as part of their ongoing advocacy for growth through a private sector driven, free-market economy to attract and retain investment. The 2023 delegation comes from diverse sectors in Mongolia and will meet with senior officials of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Biden administration, as well as Congressional staff, the Asia Group, and the Center for International Private Enterprise.
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Mongolia raises the number of MPs to 126 www.news.mn

Mongolia will hold its parliamentary elections in spring of 2024.
At an irregular session 31 May, the parliament approved amendments to the country’s Constitution, which increased the number of MPs from 76 to 126.
According to the amendments, the parliament remains unicameral, but with 126 members, which is 50 more than the previous one.
Parliamentary elections will be held under a mixed electoral system. 78 members will be elected by majoritarian system or from constituencies, and 48 members by proportional system or party list.
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The world has a new no. 2 copper exporter www.bloomberg.com

The Democratic Republic of Congo displaced Peru as the second-biggest copper exporter last year, official data from the two countries show, in a changing of the guard for the mining industry.
While the numbers used in the chart below refer to shipments rather than production, the shift in positions underscores a couple of important trends. Firstly, an up-tick in social unrest and political uncertainties are constraining investment in South America, as more money flows into Africa’s rich ore-bodies.
Peru had sat comfortably as the biggest copper producer and exporter after neighboring Chile for years thanks to a wave of projects earlier this century that has largely dried up. In recent years, political upheaval and community protests have helped keep the country’s copper exports fairly flat.
Congo, meanwhile, has been making huge strides thanks largely to the high-grade ore now being tapped by Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. in Kamoa-Kakula. Congolese exports have more than doubled since 2018 to 2.4 million tons. Peru shipped 2.2 million tons.
While copper mines in Congo have also faced disruptions, such as a prolonged export halt at Tenke Fungurume, they haven’t halted its growth.
It’s unclear if this is a temporary blip or a more long-lasting reordering. Much will depend on whether Peru can garner political consesus to bring on new projects and prevent disruptions.
In terms of production, the two nations are neck and neck, according to Peru’s mining ministry and Congo’s central bank. Consulting firm Wood Mackenzie said this week that Congo would only fully take over Peru in terms of production by 2026 or 2027.
(By Marcelo Rochabrun and Michael J. Kavanagh)
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