Over 400,000 Russians fled to Kazakhstan when mobilisation started
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More than 400,000 Russians have entered Kazakhstan since 21 September, when President Vladimir Putin announced partial mobilisation in Russia.
Source: Russian news agency Interfax, citing Tamara Duisenova, Kazakhstan’s Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Population
Quote from Duisenova: "According to the updated information that we exchange every day, just over 400,000 Russians arrived, just over 320,000 have left, and about 100,000 Russians are still here."
Details: It was previously reported that over 200,000 Russian citizens had entered Kazakhstan and 147,000 had left between 21 September (when partial mobilisation was announced) and 4 October.
Background:
President Vladimir Putin announced partial mobilisation on 21 September. It was reportedly planned to mobilise 300,000 reservists in Russia.
Immediately after the announcement of partial mobilisation, Russians bought up all available tickets for direct flights to Istanbul and Yerevan for 21 September. Prices for plane tickets to so-called safe countries skyrocketed.
Russians started fleeing en masse to Kazakhstan, Georgia and other countries.
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