While Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a partial mobilization order for reservists, protests have erupted across Russia and a rush to escape abroad continues.
According to the AFP news agency, on the 21st (local time), at least 425 people were arrested in protests against the mobilization order in 24 Russian cities, including about 50 protesters shouting "Anti Mobilization Order" in the city center of the capital, Moscow, and detained by the police. .
The British daily The Guardian reported that after the announcement of the mobilization order, a rush to escape abroad was taking place.
Direct flights to Turkiye (Turkey) Istanbul, Armenia Yerevan, Uzbekistan Tashkent, and Azerbaijan Baku, where you can go without a visa from Moscow, are sold out.
The mobilization order was issued in Russia for the first time since World War II, and although the target for mobilization has not been determined, the size is expected to be 300,000 out of the total 25 million reserve forces.
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