Russia to restrict travel, require advance booking to cross border

[Chris]

Russia to restrict travel, require advance booking to cross border
The planned amendments come as the government continues to mobilize men of draft age for the war in Ukraine.
By REUTERS
Published: JANUARY 24, 2023

Planned amendments of Russia's transportation law will make it mandatory for people to book a time and place for any intended crossing of the border by car, the TASS news agency reported, raising the possibility of new restrictions on travel.

"The passage of vehicles ... in order to cross the state border of the Russian Federation is carried out on a reserved date and time in accordance with the procedure established by the government," the agency said later on Monday, citing a draft amendment it said was due to come into force on March 1.

Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February last year, many Russian citizens and residents fled from the country, with the number growing significantly after the government declared the mobilization of some 300,000 personnel for the military in September.

more.............. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-729424

 

[Wally]

I bet the new booking agency is through Wagner Group.

You want to leave Russia, Fine. It will be by way of Crimea or Donetsk.

 

[athenasius]

Russia to restrict travel, require advance booking to cross border
The planned amendments come as the government continues to mobilize men of draft age for the war in Ukraine.
By REUTERS
Published: JANUARY 24, 2023

Planned amendments of Russia's transportation law will make it mandatory for people to book a time and place for any intended crossing of the border by car, the TASS news agency reported, raising the possibility of new restrictions on travel.

"The passage of vehicles ... in order to cross the state border of the Russian Federation is carried out on a reserved date and time in accordance with the procedure established by the government," the agency said later on Monday, citing a draft amendment it said was due to come into force on March 1.

Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February last year, many Russian citizens and residents fled from the country, with the number growing significantly after the government declared the mobilization of some 300,000 personnel for the military in September.

more.............. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-729424

Those who didn't get out while they could are now trapped.

 

[soundingthealarm]

Those who didn't get out while they could are now trapped.

I saw an update today that the Russian Ship Admiral Gorshkov was heading West….is this a full on escalation …not only against Ukraine but all of NATO? It don’t seem like just saber rattling.

 

[athenasius]

I saw an update today that the Russian Ship Admiral Gorshkov was heading West….is this a full on escalation …not only against Ukraine but all of NATO? It don’t seem like just saber rattling.

I just posted on why Russia is feeling twitchy, the Gulf of Finland is becoming a choke point for them. Estonia and Finland can block their ships from the Baltic Sea out of St Petersburg and Lithuania (another Baltic) has proven that they can stop Russian rail lines at will from going into Kalliningrad which is completely cut off from Russia via land by Lithuanian and Polish territory. both NATO members.

 

[MapleLeaf]

I'm at the point where all this is just annoying to me. If every world leader just looked to their own problems first then a lot of this wouldn't be happening at all.