(22 Sep 2022)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
++PLEASE NOTE: AP IS OPERATING IN RUSSIA ACCORDING TO RUSSIAN RESTRICTIONS ON ALL REPORTING RELATED TO THE ONGOING MILITARY OPERATION IN UKRAINE++
HEADLINE: Russians flee as mobilization announced
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Belgrade, Serbia – 21 September 2022
1. Various of Russian travellers arriving at Belgrade airport
ANNOTATION: Large numbers of Russians are booking one-way tickets out of the country.
ANNOTATION: It's after President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization of military reservists for the special military operation in Ukraine.
2. Various of flight arrivals board
ANNOTATION: Flights filled up quickly and ticket prices sky-rocketed due to fears that Russia's borders might close.
3. Various of Russian travellers arriving at airport
ANNOTATION: Many Russians are flying to Serbia because they don't need visas and it's the only European country that hasn't put sanctions on Russia.
ANNOTATION: Russia's Defence Minister said 300,000 reservists with relevant combat and service experience would initially be mobilized.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
St. Petersburg, Russia - 21 September 2022
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4. Police in riot gear pushing protesters
5. Police and protesters seen from above, chants of "Down with the war!"
6. Man being beaten with baton, escorted to bus
ANNOTATION: Meanwhile in Russia, protests erupted across the country, like here in St. Petersburg, to rally against the military mobilization.
7. Various of detentions
ANNOTATION: Nearly 1,200 Russians were arrested in protests in across Russia, according to the independent Russian human rights group OVD-Info.
8. Man arguing with police, another man being detained
9. Man raising arms, UPSOUND (Russian) "Come, come and get me! Come and get me, bro!", man being detained
STORYLINE:
Large numbers of Russians rushed to book one-way tickets out of the country while they still could Wednesday after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization of military reservists for the special military operation in Ukraine.
Flights filled up quickly and the prices of tickets for remaining connections sky-rocketed, apparently driven by fears that Russia's borders could soon close or of a broader call-up that might send many Russian men of fighting age to the frontline.
Tickets for the Moscow-Belgrade flights operated by Air Serbia, the only European carrier besides Turkish Airlines to maintain flights to Russia despite a European Union flight embargo, sold out for the next several days.
Russians don't need visas to enter Serbia, which is the only European country which has not joined Western sanctions against Russia.
Putin's decree stipulates that the amount of people called to active duty will be determined by the Defense Ministry. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said in a televised interview that 300,000 reservists with relevant combat and service experience initially would be mobilized.
Meanwhile in Russia, police in riot gear packed protesters into buses on Wednesday as St. Petersburg joined other Russian cities to rally against the military mobilization.
Nearly 1,200 Russians were arrested in protests in cities including Moscow and St. Petersburg, according to the independent Russian human rights group OVD-Info.
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