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After the announcement of the "partial mobilization", Russians choose to leave for Serbia
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After the announcement of partial mobilization, Russians began to flock to Serbia.
Here at Belgrade airport, September 21, 2022. AP - Darko Vojinovic
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Vladimir Putin's mobilization decree has created a wave of panic in Russia, where airline ticket sales sites have been stormed.
It is again very difficult to find a plane ticket to leave Russia.
A plane from Moscow landed in Belgrade.
This is the first since the announcement of the decree.
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With our correspondent in Belgrade
,
Laurent Rouy
The plane landed in Belgrade, the only capital in Europe to still accept flights from Russia.
Most Russian passengers refuse to talk to the media.
A young man says he fears mobilization.
His mother interrupts him and pulls him by the arm.
But not everyone is silent.
Julia, in her thirties, fears for her family.
►Also read: Ukraine: Vladimir Putin announces a "partial mobilization" in Russia
“
Many friends have already received their mobilization sheet, colleagues too.
My brother has been in the army for three months.
They sent him there when he was barely 20 years old.
He was in Izium and Karkiv
,” she said.
“
My daughter has already moved to Belgrade
”
Irina has just arrived.
She has a hard time keeping calm.
“
My daughter has already moved to Belgrade.
Maybe we can stay here... I'm afraid.
For what I am telling you, the police can create problems for me in Russia.
Freedom for Ukraine.
Please someone stop Putin
,” she said.
Irina will be able to stay three months in Serbia, as a tourist.
Then she will have to go to Bosnia or Montenegro, then come back to be entitled to a new period of three months.
Some estimate that 40,000 Russians have entered Serbia since February.
The mobilization risks leading to a new wave of migration in the country.
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