MOSCOW. June 19 (Interfax) - The Russian emigrants should better come back, as such an opportunity may not appear later, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said.
"Under the circumstances, it's time to finally use your head: there is an opportunity to come back today and there may be no such tomorrow, given the hysteria rising in Western Europe," Volodin said on Telegram on Monday.
"It would suffice to read a statement by the Czech president, who proposed that Russian citizens residing abroad be thrown in concentration camps, to understand the emigrants' situation better," Volodin said.
"This kind of statement should make our citizens, who remain in Western countries, think where they went, what they found and what awaits them," he said.
Over half of Russians, who left after the events of February 2022, are back to Russia, and this is an ongoing process, Volodin said.
"Many emigrants have been treated as second-rate people. When they left, they thought they would just bide their time. Things turned out differently. They get no jobs. Their children are bullied at school. Their businesses go bankrupt," he said.
Czech President Petr Pavel said in an interview with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (designated as a foreign agent in Russia) that, in his opinion, Russian citizens residing in the West should stay under close surveillance.