The cost of flights departing from Moscow skyrocketed after Vladimir Putin announced a “partial military mobilization” in a televised address.
The cost of flights departing from Moscow have skyrocketed after President Vladimir Putin announced “partial military mobilization” in a televised address on Wednesday.
Putin announced in his speech that 300,000 military reservists would be required to serve in the "special military operation," raising fears that men of fighting age may not be allowed to leave Russia.Russian President Vladimir Putin announcedPrices were rising steadily even before Putin's comments, and were nine times more expensive than they typically would be in some cases after his speech, according to Google's tracked prices.
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