"There is a great hype": Thousands of Russians stand in queues on borders (video)
"The number of those who leave is increasing rapidly. " Many young Russians stand in line, trying to get to Georgia. In the north of the Russian Federation, the long queue accumulated on the border with Finland. After Vladimir Putin announced the mobilization, the Russians instantly bought out tickets to flights to all countries with which the Russian Federation operates visa -free regime. It is impossible to fly from Moscow to Astana, Baku, Bishkek, Tashkent, Tbilisi and Turkish cities.
On September 19, the Baltic States and Poland restricted entering the Schengen area for Russian citizens. Today, Latvia Foreign Minister Edgar Rinkevich has specified that for mobilization Russians, they do not intend to make an exception: the evasion should not count on humanitarian visas. Recall that during the mobilization in Russia, military service will be called out of stock and those who served in the ranks of the Armed Forces.