War in Ukraine: where did the Russians fleeing the mobilization go?

War in Ukraine where did the Russians fleeing the mobilization

It was September 21. His mired special operation, Vladimir Putin, clenched jaw and icy gaze, records his speech announcing a partial mobilization to, he says, “ensure the protection of the liberated populations”. Faced with the Russian army, Ukrainian troops have been making impressive progress in their counter-offensive for several weeks.

Immediately, images arrive by the thousands on social networks. Endless lines of vehicles rush towards Georgia or Kazakshtan. Requests for one-way tickets to Turkey are booming. Forbes Russia puts the figure at 700,000 Russians in exile in just two weeks.


We exchanged with one of them, Volodya. A web developer from St. Petersburg, who participated in a few political campaigns for opposition candidates. His epic can be found in our video.


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