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Queues of cars stretching along the border with Finland and Georgia, flights to Armenia and Turkey taken by storm, at astronomical prices... The Russian population took Vladimir's announcements in the face Putin on
mobilisatsia
- the word was on everyone's lips on Thursday.
The day before, demonstrations against this measure took place in about forty Russian cities with cries, in particular
,
of
“Putin in the trenches!”
According to the organization OVD-Info, which follows the protest movements, 1,313 people were arrested, mainly in Moscow (536) and Saint Petersburg.
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Partial mobilization: Russia's admission of weakness
Among those arrested, some were immediately given their summons to go, often the next day, to the recruitment center.
Those who evade this obligation are liable to five years in prison, according to amendments to the penal code voted on Tuesday in the Duma.
A president under pressure
As on the eve of the launch of the "special military operation" in Ukraine
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