In any case, Jews continue to flee Russia, as they have for many years. I have worked with quite a few in the IT area.
True, they flee for economic opportunity or lately, Liberal leftist ideology as well.
It's important to note the ease with which Russians and Israelis move between the nations in both directions, for any purpose, the fact that Russia has been paying the pensions and annuities of Russian emigres across the border to them in Israel, and the current agreement to include pensions granted under the Soviet era.
These people are far from persecuted in Russia unless they advocate faggot pedophiles in children' schools, or some such.