Thousands of Russians Flee Mobilization as Anti-War Protests Erupt - Voice of America

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Thousands of Russians are trying to flee the country to escape conscription into the military. President Vladimir Putin announced the move in a televised address Wednesday, as Russian armed forces have been suffering significant losses in the invasion of Ukraine in recent weeks. - 09/23/2022.

Originally published at - https://www.voanews.com/a/thousands-of-russians-flee-mobilization-as-anti-war-protests-erupt/6760708.html

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1. Maybe Russia's VietNam moment?

When society faces it own corruptness?

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2. Similar circumstances, leaving the country to avoid the draft.

Putin has bitten off way more than he can chew and the Russian people are now paying the price. When I was in the USSR, peace groups who remembered the horrors they experienced during WWII were still active. Putin may have prohibited news of this war on state run TV, but this is a wake up call for the people and there's no shutting them down now.

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3. Sadly, what I've seen are a bunch of Russian drunks at an airport trying to get out.

I don't think that's the reality, but it's the way events are packaged to us.

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4. There is an alcoholism problem in Russia, at least I remember seeing signs of it years ago

When I was there. And it can't have gotten any better under Putin. But the thing is, Putin is refusing to acknowledge the consequences of his failed and unprovoked war, state-run TV can no longer hide it and the people of Russia are paying the price - and reacting.

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5. What a terrible price

Ukraine and the world, including those Russians who are reasonable, must pay for the cold blooded egoism of one mad man and his flunkies in the Kremlin.

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6. He's willing to sacrifice even more Russian lives for his failed ambition.