2025-01-07
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Two years ago, Stan was living the dream in Russia.
He had a thriving tech business, a nice apartment, four kids, and some land outside the city.
Most of his friends were doing pretty well, too.
They were all Russian entrepreneurs or tech bros with kids who attended private schools and were used to eating at the finest restaurants.
We told you Stan's story a few years ago, shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which is about the time things started to turn for him.
For one, Stam was against the war, but he was surrounded by people who were very much in favor of it.
When you speak with the ordinary people who is working in the shop, maybe most of them are really supporting him.
They were so, you know, it can be the problem when.
And the problem was when the sanctions hit.
When the war started, dominating every conversation, Stan couldn't help but feel the slow, creeping panic.
He worried about getting swept up in one of the Kremlin's military mobilization programs.
His Western clients started canceling jobs, and his projects dried up.
And every day it felt like the walls were closing in.
Business.
You know, right now, it's like reducing 20% of my revenues.
Which is partly why Stan started to wonder if there was a possible solution outside the country, some way to avoid the draft, build his business, and not have to look over his shoulder every time he talked about the war.
I was 100% sure a year ago that I don't want to live here anymore.
But after a year of living abroad, Stan and his family did something they never expected to do.