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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Mansur Mirovalev

Hundreds of thousands flee Russia and Putin’s ‘two wars’

Akyn Opera, a documentary performance Nana Grinstein, based on the ordeal of Central Asian labour migrants in Moscow, on the stage of Teatr.doc, one of Russia's most persecuted theaters [Photo courtesy Nana Grinstein]

Vinnytsia, Ukraine – Nana Grinstein fled Russia because the Kremlin’s new laws punishing criticism of its so-called “special operation in Ukraine” may land her in jail.

Grinstein, a playwright, her husband Viktor, a video editor, and their 14-year-old daughter, Tonya, left behind the hysteria in Russia caused by the war in Ukraine, and the persecution of anyone who dares to say that President Vladimir Putin’s “special operation” is, in fact, a war.

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