Prasannkumar 
Vsevolod took four days to travel from Moscow to Russia’s southern border to Georgia. At one point, he had to abandon his car and walk on foot.
He finally completed his 1,800km (1.100-mile) journey on Tuesday and crossed the frontier to escape being drafted into Russia’s war against Ukraine.
He said that he did not want to be taken home in a coffin with zinc or stained [my] hands by somebody’s blood at 26 because of the war of one man that wants to build an Empire.” The Associated Press asked him to not use his last name because he feared retaliation.
He was among more than 194,000 Russian citizens who fled to neighboring Finland, Georgia, and Kazakhstan, most frequently by bicycle or car, in the week that President Vladimir Putin announced the partial mobilization of reservists.
The mass exodus of men began shortly after Putin’s speech to the nation on September 21. It continued for the next week. They snapped up airline tickets as soon as they could, and the prices of those few remaining Russian airlines soared. The rest of them had to fill up their cars and wait in long lines as they traveled toward the border.
Yandex Maps reports that the traffic jam to Verkhny Lars (a border crossing to Georgia from Russia’s North Ossetia area) lasted approximately 15km (nine mi) on Tuesday. After Russian border guards allowed pedestrians to cross, hundreds of people lined up at the checkpoint.
Georgia claims that more than 53,000 Russians entered the country in the past week. Officials in Kazakhstan claim that 98,000 Russians crossed into their territory. According to the Finnish Border Guard agency, more than 43,000 people arrived during that time. According to media reports, another 3,000 Russians also entered Mongolia through the border.
Russia’s defense minister Sergei Shoigu stated that only 300,000 men would need to have served in combat or another military service. However, reports from Russia suggest that recruiters are gathering men not listed in the above description. This raises fears about a wider call-up and sends a lot of men of different ages and backgrounds to borders and airports.
Both Kazakhstan and Georgia, which are both parts of the ex-Soviet Union, offer visa-free entry to Russian citizens. These were the most sought-after destinations for people fleeing the call-up. Norway and Finland require visas.
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