If we are talking about non-public people who, for various reasons, left Ukraine before or during Russia's large-scale invasion (for objective reasons) and who do not claim to participate in governance, in socially important processes, to lead public opinion, or to perform any socially important function, I do not condemn such people. I treat them with understanding .

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But those who fled the country and before that were politicians, public figures, previously positioned themselves as participating in the country's governance or at least claiming to do so, and raised socially significant issues should be ostracized.

In ancient Greece, there was a type of punishment for defectors: deprivation of citizenship, eviction, and exile. People who had committed a crime against the polis were not accepted back, and their civil rights were not recognized.

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