RUSSIANS are fleeing in their hundreds of thousands in disgust at Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine, according to former CIA Director David Petraeus.
coming under severe financial strain as western sanctions bite. Inside Russia itself, the country is also facing a brain drain with"over 300,000" Russians believed to have emigrated since the conflict erupted. Mr Petraeus told The Backstory with Andrew Neil:"This is, in a sense, a contest of wills between President Zelensky, the Ukrainian forces and the Ukrainian people and they have done extremely well.
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