Life in exile: Russian singer Monetochka thought Vilnius would be a stopover. Four years later, she says she may stay forever.

First things first: We love those questionnaires kids fill out at school. Second: despite today’s grim circumstances in Europe, we’re curious about how emigrants from Russia are settling into their new homes. We put the two together and concocted a series in which people who interest us at one outlet will talk about their lives since leaving Russia. We hope these stories will offer you some support. Singer Monetochka, who has lived in Vilnius since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, filled out our first questionnaire.