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Mediazona reported that Russians who are leaving country are being questioned using the same tactics at airports https://zona.media/article/2022/03/02/border h

Mediazona reported that Russians who are leaving country are being questioned using the same tactics at airports https://zona.media/article/2022/03/02/border https://zona.media/article/2022/03/02/border

hanklazard 5y ago
Relatedly, I wonder what percentage of Russians leaving the country are planning to attempt emigration.
- Zigurd 5y ago
  It is likely to be a significant number, and recent events will heighten a problem that has been in motion since the breakup of the Soviet union and, leter, EU and NATO expansion. A lot of Russians want to be European. https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/migration-dilemmas-haunt-post-soviet-russia https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/migration-dilemmas-h...
- jacquesm 5y ago
  You can safely assume that those that are leaving right now are abandoning their lives behind them and will try to rebuild somewhere else. These are not holiday goers.
aaron695 5y ago
rurban 5y ago
that was march 2. as of march 5 you cannot leave the country anymore. you have to cross the border now illegally.
- arez 5y ago
  you can't leave russia anymore even when you're russian? Do you have a source for that?
  - rurban 5y ago
    first there were warnings, that with the latest escalations, borders will be officially closed: https://news-ycombinator-com.translate.goog/item?id=30542063&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://news-ycombinator-com.translate.goog/item?id=30542063... then there came various confirmations lately by IT people that they could not buy tickets (eg to Dubai or Egypt) anymore, and had to leave via Georgia on the landline. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30568698 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30568698 the train to Helsinki is now $9000
- twelve40 5y ago
- decadancer 5y ago
  This is just false, please don't spread misinformation
- finemike 5y ago
  This is not true, we (Russians) can leave country by any means, just most Russian companies won't fly their jets abroad as they might be arrested (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/5/aeroflot-halting-all-foreign-flights-minus-belarus-from-march-8 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/5/aeroflot-halting-all...). Foreign companies fly just fine.

hanklazard 5y ago

Relatedly, I wonder what percentage of Russians leaving the country are planning to attempt emigration.

Zigurd 5y ago
It is likely to be a significant number, and recent events will heighten a problem that has been in motion since the breakup of the Soviet union and, leter, EU and NATO expansion. A lot of Russians want to be European. https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/migration-dilemmas-haunt-post-soviet-russia https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/migration-dilemmas-h...
jacquesm 5y ago
You can safely assume that those that are leaving right now are abandoning their lives behind them and will try to rebuild somewhere else. These are not holiday goers.

aaron695 5y ago

rurban 5y ago

that was march 2. as of march 5 you cannot leave the country anymore. you have to cross the border now illegally.

arez 5y ago
you can't leave russia anymore even when you're russian? Do you have a source for that?
- rurban 5y ago
  first there were warnings, that with the latest escalations, borders will be officially closed: https://news-ycombinator-com.translate.goog/item?id=30542063&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://news-ycombinator-com.translate.goog/item?id=30542063... then there came various confirmations lately by IT people that they could not buy tickets (eg to Dubai or Egypt) anymore, and had to leave via Georgia on the landline. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30568698 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30568698 the train to Helsinki is now $9000
twelve40 5y ago
decadancer 5y ago
This is just false, please don't spread misinformation
finemike 5y ago
This is not true, we (Russians) can leave country by any means, just most Russian companies won't fly their jets abroad as they might be arrested (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/5/aeroflot-halting-all-foreign-flights-minus-belarus-from-march-8 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/5/aeroflot-halting-all...). Foreign companies fly just fine.