Google searches for ways to leave Russia spike as Putin announces conscription of reserves – TheJournal.ie

A police monitoring group has said that more than 1,000 people have been arrested for taking part in anti-mobilisation protests.

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GOOGLE SEARCHES FOR ways to leave Russia spiked ahead of Vladimir Putin’s first televised address since February.

Data also shows that searches for flights out of Russia also spiked in the lead-up and aftermath of the Russian president’s address.

Speaking this morning, Putin repeatedly claimed that his army was fighting a special military operation against “neo-nazis” and “the whole military machine of the West”.

He added that he signed a “partial mobilisation” of reserves in Russia.

The conscription will affect only those who are in the military reserve and anyone with previous military experience.

Russia’s Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said this will involve 300,000 people, adding that students will be exempt.

Flights out of Russia

Despite the apparent limits on the “partial mobilisation”, direct flights from Moscow to Istanbul, which…

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