Over 400,000 Russians fled to Kazakhstan when mobilisation started
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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