Russians frantically trying to escape the country to avoid fighting in Ukraine are finding far fewer countries willing to take them than before the war.
in response to President Vladimir Putin's move to start using conscriptions for the war in Ukraine will face dwindling options on where to go, as key neighboring countries—Finland became the latest on Saturday—announce restrictions to keep from being flooded with fleeing Russians.... [+]After Putin announced a"partial mobilization" of military reserves Wednesday, flights from Russia to neighboring countries not requiring visas quickly sold out.
Many resorted to driving out of the country, with massive lines forming at the Georgian border creating wait times of at least 12 hoursFinland, which shares around an 800-mile land border with Russia, Saturday it would close its borders to Russian tourists in response to a surge of Russians trying to flee there this week, though it also said it was still “important to ensure that people can enter on humanitarian grounds.”Russian travel visas, even before Putin's announcement: the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Poland, Denmark, Belgium, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Slovakia.
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