US Embassy urges Americans to flee Russia immediately, and may be recruited

The US Embassy in Moscow has Urging all Americans in Russia to flee the nation after the decree of “partial mobilization” issued by President Vladimir Putin last week.

On Tuesday, the embassy warned that “Russia may refuse to recognize US dual nationals, deny them access to US consular assistance, prevent them from leaving Russia, and conscript dual nationals for military service.”

Travelers from Russia cross the border into Georgia at Zemo Larsi/Verkhny Lars station, Georgia on September 26, 2022.
(Reuters/Irakli Jedinidze/File Photo)

The borders of Russia consider despair an escape from qualified men

The embassy warned that the ability to leave Russia was already becoming increasingly difficult with limited commercial flights and crowded border checkpoints.

“Those who reside or travel in Russia should leave Russia immediately while options for commercial travel remain limited,” the statement from the embassy added.

Putin’s mobilization decree Reportedly 300,000 soldiers went to fight in his war in Ukraine which led to hundreds of thousands of men of draft age trying to flee Russia.

Pictures have surfaced on social media showing crowded airports and Finnish border checkpoint officials They said that thousands of cars were stuck on highways while the Russians, mostly men of age, looked to escape Putin’s orders.

Cars queue to cross the border from Russia into Finland at the Valima border checkpoint in Ferrolahti in Ferrolahti, Finland, Friday, September 23, 2022.
(Sasu Makinen/Lehtikuva via AP)

White House says ‘welcome’ Russians applying for US asylum amid Putin’s mandate

Russian men reported flocking to Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia as other European countries closed their borders to Russian citizens.

The White House announced Tuesday that it will accept Russian refugees who are trying to give up joining the war in Ukraine.

Over the five days after Putin announced the mobilization on September 21, some 261,000 men fled Russia, Novaya Gazeta Europe reported on Monday.

Travelers from Russia cross the border into Georgia at Zemo Larsi/Verkhny Lars station, Georgia on September 26, 2022.
(Reuters/Irakli Jedinidze/File Photo)

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The embassy warned all Americans in Russia that the State Department has a limited capacity to help, especially as tensions between Moscow and Washington continue to escalate to levels not seen since the Cold War, and said that “conditions, including transportation options, may suddenly become even more Limited “.

The State Department has also advised Americans not to travel to or through Russia at this time.