Two sources of the TV channel «Dozhd», also former employees of the «troll factory», have said that Burdonova and another former employee of the agency, Maxim Yelfimov, were aids of the head of the Media and public forums department, Katarina Aistova. Aistova was not included in the list, provided by the US Justice Department, in which 13 people were accused of meddling in the US presidential election. At the same time her boss, the head of the Foreign department at the «troll factory» Dzheyhun Aslanov, is on the list.

Социолог из Санкт-Петербурга Евгений Шторн сбежал в Ирландию и утверждает, что в России его вербовали спецслужбы. По его словам, в ФСБ просили информацию о работе "иностранных агентов".

Активистка «Новой оппозиции» Ольга Романова уехала из России в Киев. Об этом в блоге на сайте Mediapart пишет французский активист Пьер Афнер. Он сообщил, что Романова уехала из страны, используя для анонимности сервис поиска попутных машин Blablacar.

The phenomenon of modern political emigration from Russia is still causing some doubts, but most likely so as of now just in the details of it. The flow of those who are leaving the authoritarian country is increasing, a lot of people leave due to the direct, or indirect threats and persecution. Germany is attractive to quite a lot of political emigrants (if not the majority of them). The strongest economy of the European Union, and the developed civil society along with the most voluminous Russian – speaking community make this choice well – grounded. In this article are going to examine the reasons and specific characteristics of the political emigration to Germany.