The announcement of mobilisation triggered a rise in anxiety in Russian society. There are at least 3 factors - age,gender,geography - that unfluence Russian respondents' emotions evoked by the mobilisation. Thread (1/7) Increased anxiety was particularly noticeable among women. It is less connected with the fear of losing their lives and health, but more with the fear of losing their loved ones. Immediately after the start of the war surveys also recorded an increase in anxiety among women (2/7)

What do we know about Russians who left Russia after February 24th? Majority of new migrants settled in Turkey (24.9%),Georgia (23.4%)and Armenia (15.1%).43% of the sample plan to stay in these countries,18% plan to move on,35% felt confused,3% plan to return to Russia.Thread 1/6 The new migrants are worlds apart from the traditional Russian migrants in terms of political views. Only 1.5% of the new migrants interviewed voted for United Russia, while 86.4% followed the recommendations of Navalny's ‘Smart voting’. 2/6