Editing Demographics of Russia (section)

==Emigration==
{{main|Russian diaspora}}
{{see also|Russian emigration following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine}}
{{see also|Fourth-wave Russian emigration}}

The [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]] has led to considerable [[Russian emigration following the invasion of Ukraine (2022–present)|emigration]], with over 300,000 [[Russian citizen]]s and residents estimated to have left Russia by mid-March 2022, at least 500,000 by the end of August 2022,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ebel |first1=Francesca |last2=Ilyushina |first2=Mary |title=Russians abandon wartime Russia in historic exodus |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/13/russia-diaspora-war-ukraine/ |access-date=13 February 2023 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=13 February 2023}}</ref> and an additional 400,000 by early October. The total number of [[Right of asylum|political refugees]], [[economic migrant]]s, and [[conscientious objector]]s<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/fleeing-putin-thousands-of-educated-russians-are-moving-abroad-11649583003|title=Fleeing Putin, Thousands of Educated Russians Are Moving Abroad|first1=Georgi|last1=Kantchev|first2=Evan|last2=Gershkovich|first3=Yuliya|last3=Chernova|date=10 April 2022|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|access-date=2022-04-12 |archive-date=2022-04-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412193407/https://www.wsj.com/articles/fleeing-putin-thousands-of-educated-russians-are-moving-abroad-11649583003|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Demytrie |first=Rayhan |date=13 March 2022 |title=Russia faces brain drain as thousands flee abroad |no-pp=y |work=BBC News |location=Tbilisi, Georgia |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60697763 |access-date=2022-04-06 |archive-date=2022-03-14  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314123323/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60697763 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bershidsky |first=Leonid |date=15 March 2022 |title=Russia's Brain Drain Becomes a Stampede for the Exits |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-16/russia-emigration-up-after-putin-s-ukraine-invasion |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220316060940/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-16/russia-emigration-up-after-putin-s-ukraine-invasion |archive-date=2022-03-16  |access-date=2022-04-04 |website=[[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Russia's war migrants find mixed reception in Georgia |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/04/04/world/russia-war-migrants-mixed-reception-georgia/ |work=Japan Times |date=4 April 2022 |access-date=2022-04-10  |archive-date=2022-04-10  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410172458/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/04/04/world/russia-war-migrants-mixed-reception-georgia/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="dw-exodus">{{cite news |title=Who are the Russians leaving their country? |url=https://www.dw.com/en/who-are-the-russians-leaving-their-country/a-61364390 |work=Deutsche Welle |date=5 April 2022 |access-date=2022-04-10  |archive-date=2022-04-07  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407005734/https://www.dw.com/en/who-are-the-russians-leaving-their-country/a-61364390 |url-status=live }}</ref> is thought to be more than 900,000. In addition to evading criminal prosecution for opposing the invasion, and fear of being conscripted after President [[Vladimir Putin]]'s 21 September 2022 announcement of [[2022 Russian mobilization|partial mobilization]], those fleeing voiced reasons such as disagreement with the war, the uselessness and cruelty of the war, sympathy for Ukraine, disagreement with the political roots of the war with Ukraine, the rejection of killing, and an assessment that Russia is no longer the place for their family.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Watson |first1=Ivan |last2=Lomashvili |first2=Masho |last3=McCarthy |first3=Simone |last4=Lister |first4=Tim |last5=Pavlova |first5=Uliana |date=23 September 2022 |title=Traffic jams and desperation at the border as Russians flee Putin's 'partial mobilization' |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/23/europe/russians-flee-putin-partial-mobilization-draft-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2022-09-24 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=2022-09-24  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924031223/https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/23/europe/russians-flee-putin-partial-mobilization-draft-intl-hnk/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>