More than two years after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine, what’s happening to the hundreds of thousands of Russians who fled their country’s authoritarianism, militarism and mobilization? Journalist Aron Ouzilevski spent two years as a fellow at the Institute of Current World Affairs traveling widely to emigre hubs in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and beyond to observe how various Russian emigres — from creative and tech professionals to activists, journalists, and civil society actors — are adapting to new lives and careers, what effect they’ve had on their host countries, and what it all says about Putin’s Russia.