INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Two in five Russians who fled the country in the months following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine have since returned home, the pro-Kremlin
newspaper Izvestiareported Tuesday, citing data from an immigration support company and job recruitment website.According to official
statistics, 668,400 Russians left the country last year as war broke out in neighboring Ukraine, and then later as President Vladimir Putin
applications.Finion, a company that provides foreign residence permit registration services, said its survey of 2,700 clients revealed the
number of returnees at 40%.Based on those figures, Izvestia estimated the number of returnees at between 174,000 (26%) and 334,000
interviews with experts.Other experts cited by Izvestia highlight salary increases for software engineers in Russia as another key reason
have returned to Russia.Other high-ranking officials, like Deputy Security Council Chairman Dmitry Medvedev and State Duma Speaker
