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☆ Satellite images show traffic jams at the border as Russians flee the country following Putin's decision to send more people to fight in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies. Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies. Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies. Satellite image ©2022 Maxar TechnologiesRussians have also tried to flee by crossing into Finland, which borders the country to the northwest. "Border traffic at Finnish Russian land border has remained on higher level than in previous weeks.

☆ Fact Check-Video of queues at Russia-Finland border was taken more than three weeks before Vladimir Putin’s partial mobilisation announcement
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The Russian president made the announcement on Sept. 21, marking the nation’s first mobilisation since World War Two amid a major battlefield reversal in Ukraine. Another user shared the same footage with the caption: “Border btw #Russia - #Finland after #Putin"s partial #mobilization” (here ). However, Reuters Fact Check has found the video predates Putin’s announcement. Both the director of Finland’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Finnish Border Guard said on Sept. 21 that the situation at the Russia-Finland border was no different since Putin’s announcement, though this has now changed. Video showing lines at Russia Finland border predates Vladimir Putin’s announcement of partial mobilisation to fight in Ukraine.

☆ 'I am leaving Russia': young men flee draft, Finland to restrict entry
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Essi Lehto | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Cars queue to enter Finland from Russia at Finland's most southern crossing point Vaalimaa, around three hour drive from Saint Petersburg, in Vaalimaa, Finland September 23, 2022. Two days later, he was crossing the border into Finland. I am just for freedom, Russia (free) from Putin, democracy in Russia," he said, breaking into tears. Nikita was one of a dozen young men Reuters spoke to at the Vaalimaa border crossing in southeastern Finland, their number growing in the days since Putin announced the call-up of 300,000 military reservists. Traffic into Finland over its border with Russia was heavy on Friday.

☆ Finland says traffic on border with Russia increasing
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterHELSINKI, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Traffic arriving at Finland's eastern border with Russia has "intensified" during the night, the Finnish Border Guard said early on Thursday, while adding that the situation was under control. "The number clearly has picked up," the Finnish border guard's head of international affairs Matti Pitkaniitty told Reuters. read moreWednesday's number of people crossing the border was, however, lower than during the weekend, according to Pitkaniitty. He said 4,824 Russians arrived in Finland via the eastern border on Wednesday, up from the 3,133 a week earlier. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Stine Jacobsen, Essi Lehto and Gwladys Fouche, editing by Terje Solsvik and Kim CoghillOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

A man smokes while walking past a mural, which was painted on a multi-storey building in support of the Russian army, in Moscow, Russia September 21, 2022. read morePrices for air tickets out of Moscow soared above $5,000 for one-way tickets to the nearest foreign locations, with most air tickets sold out completely for coming days. $5,000 TICKETSA tourism industry source told Reuters that there was desperation as people sought to find air tickets out of Russia. Traffic arriving at Finland's eastern border with Russia "intensified" overnight, the Finnish Border Guard said. read moreRussian police detained more than 1,300 people in Russia on Wednesday at protests denouncing mobilisation, a rights group said.

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