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The Barents Observer is an online newspaper staffed by a community of exiled Russians just across the border between Russia and Norway. They've been going since 2015.
During the recent influx of young Russian men fleeing the draft, they went to the border post and tried to interview the men crossing the border. Off record they had a few of them admitting that Russia was governed badly, but none of them were remotely interested in going on record. They then, as a kicker, asked everyone they spoke to whether Crimea was Russian or Ukrainian. According to Barents Observer, they did not meet a single draft dodger who agreed that Crimea belonged to Ukraine.
These kids are not heroes, they're just lying low and working remotely until daddy back in Moscow can figure out who they need to bribe.
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The exchanges I have had with ex-pat russians here in Finland most of them more or less just block it out like Brickman commented. They aren't really pro or against, but over compensate by living 100% like there was nothing at all happening. It leads to some very weird behaviour and I hope it is just a stage. I don't think I can deal much longer with them demanding favors and special treatment because they are russian and everybody is just so racist. I understand we need to treat them as humans, but surely they need to take some responsibility at some point.