1300 Russian anti-war protestors arrested; Airfares leaving Russia soar to over $13,000 following Vladimir Putin’s mobilisation order; Donald Trump sued for inflating value of his real estate company’s assets;
Large numbers of Russians rushed to book one-way tickets out of the country while they still could on Wednesday after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced aFlights filled up quickly and the prices of tickets for remaining connections rocketed, apparently driven by fears that Russia’s borders could soon close or that Putin could later announce a broader call-up that might send many Russian men of fighting age to the war’s front lines.
There has been a marked exodus of citizens from Russia since Putin ordered his troops to invade Ukraine almost seven months ago. During Putin’s address to the nation on Wednesday in which he announced the partial mobilisation of reservists, he also issued a veiled nuclear threat to Russia’s enemies in the West.
Russian officials sought to calm the public, stressing that the call-up would affect a limited number of people fitting certain criteria. However, conflicting statements and a lack of details helped fuel the panic.
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