Armenia and other countries bordering Russia took in many Russians dodging the draft in 2022-23 and now, amid growing fears of a new mobilization to boost a military depleted by the war on Ukraine, there are some indications that the numbers of Russians coming to Armenia are again rising.
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Russia's controversial 2012 law on foreign influence has been replicated across Europe and Central Asia. But people have widely pushed back.
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