Russians Flee Amid Draft Fears Despite Putin's Denials
Searches for leaving Russia have risen 6.3 times since May as rumors of a new call-up and tighter exit controls spread, Kovcheg said.
- President Vladimir Putin denied plans for new mobilization in Russia, calling such rumors disinformation ahead of parliamentary elections.
- Searches and inquiries related to emigration and mobilization have surged in Russia, indicating public fears of a new draft.
- Human rights groups report men being detained and coerced into signing military contracts with Russia's Defense Ministry across multiple regions.
- Putin expressed a willingness to resolve the Ukraine conflict through negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv, appreciating mediation efforts from countries including the U.S. and China.
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Draft Rumors Send 113,000 Russians Fleeing Over The Border
More than 113,000 Russian citizens went fleeing to Georgia via the Verkhny Lars border crossing in a single week after rumors began spreading of another round of mobilization.
Russia Could Mobilize Again as Soon as September or October, a Top Independent Editor Predicts — Putin Calls It Nonsense
Reports suggest Russia may be preparing a new mobilization, possibly right after September's parliamentary elections. An exiled editor tells PBS a draft is very likely this fall, a dodger in Tbilisi says the second wave is definitely coming — and Putin calls it all complete nonsense, the same denial he issued before the first draft. A digital registry would make escape far harder this time.
In fact, conscripts to the Russian Federation are not released from the country, the ban can be imposed simply at the border. Of the <p>73 conscripts who applied because of attempts to leave the Russian Federation, 23 were refused. The restriction sometimes appears just at the border.</p>
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The Russian president said there was no present need to mobilize more men, describing the reports as Ukrainian "disinformation." Putin was speaking during an economic forum in Russia's east.
Putin swears there won't be mass mobilization, accuses Ukraine of 'state terrorism'
Russian President Vladimir Putin is denying reports that there will be a mass mobilization of troops to replenish manpower on the front lines of Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed for weeks that the Kremlin “plans an additional rapid mobilization of several hundred thousand Russians by the end of the year, plus just as […]
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