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"Katastrofa. Katastrofa."
A man named Piotr repeats this like a mantra. On a warm fall evening in Tijuana, he's the first in a long line to request asylum in the U.S.
"Katastrofa," he says again, on the verge of tears. It's the Russian word for catastrophe. Piotr, a middle-aged man who requested that his last name be withheld to protect relatives back home, left Moscow more than six months ago with his immediate family — his wife and two teenage sons.
He says the war with Ukraine had made their lives unlivable in Russia, and he fears for his sons —. "Russia is so difficult," he says. "I can't describe it. It's so difficult for me. "
