National Living On-Line? Some aspects of the Russophone e-diaspora map

he Russophone study puts digital communications of Russian-speaking migrants in the historical context of Russian and post-Soviet migration, and attempts to correlate the virtual data with indings of traditional (oline) sociological research. he author argues that the current contradictory warming in the government’s “cold war” with emigrants is relected in nodes that embody the current changes in oicial policy. At the same time, analysis shows that migrants position themselves as new minority groups in the host countries, and design their online activities and newsworthiness within the borders of the host state. he study further shows a disjunction between religious and cultural nodes, being bi- or multilingual, and political/ business communications. his suggests that migrants are excluded (self-separated?) from traditional channels of political and civic activities in the host countries. Uneven distribution of topics of communication in gendered analyses of the map was also noted. Despite active lifestyles of female migrants, they appear to meet serious diiculties in re-launching their careers after migration. he article also discusses sampling decisions and techniques.