{
  "id": 15567583,
  "title": "How do you start over in a foreign country with $500, no job, and a cat to feed? Elmira Drau, a Russian émigré who teaches English, tells the story of her flight to Armenia and the life she built.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/how-do-you-start-over-in-a-foreign-country-with-500-no-job-and-a-cat",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T05:04:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
    "slug": "meduza-english",
    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/10/19/how-do-you-start-over-in-a-foreign-country-with-500-no-job-and-a-cat-to-feed-elmira-drau-a-russian-emigre-who-teaches-english-tells-the-story-of-her-flight-to-armenia-and-the-life-she-built"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Meduza recently launched “The Emigrant Questionnaire,” a series about Russians living abroad. We plan to tell the stories of emigrants both famous and little known. Russian singer Monetochka filled out the first questionnaire. The second respondent is Elmira Drau, a 32-year-old English teacher who volunteered to take part — and we were delighted to take her up on it. Drau left Gelendzhik for…",
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}