Elephant News Reporter Wu Bin / Compilation
Elephant News Reporter According to the Guardian, since the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Putin has been working hard to protect his people from the war, The Kremlin has also worked hard in Moscow and other major cities Create a sense of normality. Polls show that Russians' attention to the war has been declining rapidly. Although for the past seven months, many Russians have tried to simply ignore the war with Ukraine, they woke up on the morning of September 21, local time, with the announcement of the first mobilization since World War II, and a response to mainly young people. of 300,000 people who realized they might have to go to war, which for many families had already come.
On the morning of September 21, local time, someone started looking for a way to leave the country.
direct flights from Moscow to Istanbul , Yerevan , Tashkent and Baku (those countries that allow visa-free entry for Russians) are sold out, while Moscow to Dubai The cheapest flight costs around 350,000 rubles (£5,000), which is too much for most people. This week, four of the five EU countries bordering Russia announced that they would no longer allow Russians to enter on tourist visas, and that the option of leaving Russia by land has also been greatly reduced. While Russia has yet to close its borders to stop conscript evaders from leaving, many believe it is a matter of time. Russians who have left face criminal charges of desertion if they are called up and do not return.
On September 21, local time, Google and Russian search engine Yandex saw an increase in searches for "how to break an arm" and "how to avoid conscription". The industry that evaded conscription by bribing before the war was already booming and may look even more bullish in the coming weeks.
Thousands of Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine also received news of Putin's speech. The contracts of Russian soldiers currently fighting in Ukraine will be automatically extended until "the end of the partial mobilization period," according to a decree posted on the Kremlin's website.
A soldier who has been fighting in Ukraine since April said, "I can't fight forever, my energy and strength are exhausted". He was scheduled to retire when his contract expires in November.
Some say they are ready for battle. A man in his 30s who served in the military said he would do his patriotic duty if he was drafted. "I want to be with my country," he said.
Andrei Kolesnikov of the Carnegie Moscow Center think tank said Putin's latest actions showed he was playing the last card to prevent a military collapse. This is the biggest crisis he has faced since he took power more than 20 years ago.
compiled self-defense
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