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Tens of thousands of young Russians, fearing mobilization, flee to neighboring countries by car, bicycle, or on foot. Lines of kilometers are formed at the borders. The government of Kazakhstan has announced that it will not extradite conscripts to Russia. The more affluent leave Russia by plane, tickets for international destinations are mostly sold out
While in Moscow the "successfully held referendum" on the accession of the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporozhye to the Russian Federation is welcomed, and in Kiev and in the Western Hemisphere it is strongly condemned as illegitimate and contrary to international law, tens of thousands of Russians flee from the "partial" mobilization that in the first circle includes 300.000 conscripts.
About 98.000 Russians moved to Kazahstan since he is the president of Russia Vladimir Putin announced the start of recruitment for the Ukrainian front, the officials of that country announced, and AP reports.
Most men in Russia who want to avoid conscription flee overland to neighboring countries by car, bicycle, or on foot. Former USSR members Kazakhstan and Georgia have become the most popular destinations because Russians do not need a visa for them. Many Russians also go to Mongolia.
Whoever has a visa goes to Finland and Norway.
Airline tickets for foreign destinations are largely sold out.
Announcing the number of Russian citizens who crossed the border, Kazakhstan's Interior Minister Marat Akhmetzhanov said that the authorities will not return home those trying to avoid mobilization, unless they are on international warrants for crimes committed.
Kazakh President Kassym-Yomart Tokayev ordered his government to help Russians entering the country "due to the current hopeless situation." "We have to take care of them and ensure their safety." It is a political and humanitarian issue. I tasked the government to take the necessary measures," Tokaev said, adding that Kazakhstan would discuss the situation with Russia.
EU direction
And the number of Russians crossing the external border of the European Union is growing day by day. The EU border police Frontex announced that last week about 66.000 Russian citizens entered the European Union, which is 30 percent more than the week before. The largest number of Russians entered Finland and Estonia.
Young men who do not want to take part in the war in Ukraine are leaving Russia in increasing numbers due to rumors that the mobilization will expand to a million people and that Moscow is considering setting up recruitment centers on the border with Kazakhstan, Georgia, Estonia and Finland and sending young Russians away. immediately sent to the barracks.
Frontex warns that the number of illegal border crossings with Russia could increase if Moscow were to close it.
After several million Ukrainians fled to the European Union because of the war, now a new wave of refugees is looming, this time from Russia.
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