Around 150 thousand Russian expats who had left the motherland at different time returned to Russia last year. Each fifth person came back from Europe, according to newspaper Izvestia.
Expats return to Russia thanks to the promotion program of voluntary resettlement of compatriots living abroad to the Russian Federation.
According to a returnee from Czech Republic, after 20 years she has finally made a decision to come back to Russia due to frenzied Russophobia based surmises not corresponding to reality at all. Another compatriot has concluded that he has better chances to find work at home than in Germany where he has spent 12 years.
Experts believe that nearly a third of people coming back to Russia takes this decision because of political reasons. Due to research, one of the main factors is inability of governments of many Western countries to integrate Russian-speaking population.
Compatriots talk about serious pressure exerted on them by the authorities and mass media. In case the political situation does not change in the nearest future, a number of people willing to come back from Europe to Russia will increase this year.
Russkiy Mir
