24 April 2024,   14:01
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Queues of cars on the borders of Russia - due to mobilization, the number of people who want to leave the country is increasing

Numerous Russians have rushed to reserve one-way tickets out of the country after President Vladimir Putin decreed a partial mobilization of military reservists for the war in Ukraine.

Long lines of vehicles have formed at a border crossing between Russia’s North Ossetia region and Georgia after the announcement a partial military mobilization.

Ticket prices skyrocketed amid apparent fears that Russia’s borders could soon close or that Putin might announce a general mobilization.

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