Long queues were increase on the Vishnevka border crossing from Russia to Kazakhstan as 1000’s proceed to escape a conceivable call-up for the warfare in Ukraine.
About 98,000 Russians have crossed into Kazakhstan within the week since President Vladimir Putin introduced a partial mobilisation of reservists.
Those keen to testify are unambiguous about their motives for travelling.
“The mobilisation was announced as partial, but according to the documents it appears to be full,” says one guy who selected to not give his title. “And the president’s words do not correspond to what is written on the paper. The people standing here are afraid that sooner or later, a full mobilisation will be announced, and then no one will be able to cross the borders.”
Some too are travelling via educate – the cost of taxis to the border has turn out to be unaffordable for many. Kazakhstan has promised to not ship them again.
“The territorial integrity of states must be inviolable,” stated Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Kazakhstan’s president. “This is the key principle. I have always spoken about this openly and clearly in the international arena.”
Tokayev additionally stated Kazakhstan may not recognise the referendums in Ukraine’s occupied territories – a defiant stand from a rustic that is historically been observed as an best friend of Moscow.
