They’d rather go and likely die than live in Russian gulags…
But they’d rather fuck off and be free than either.
It hasn’t even been a year since Russian troops marched to Moscow bruh.
They’re not as solid as you think. It took a leader to get them to march on Moscow, all it takes for them to fuck off is seeing others do it. And if officers stop them, well, there’s lots of people in the Russian army that won’t hesitate to kill someone for their own gain.