Kazakhstan experiences greater inflow of Russians amid Putin's conscription call-up | World News

Kazakhstan has seen an elevated variety of arrivals from neighbouring Russia, Kazakh authorities stated on Friday, after Moscow introduced a conscription drive this week the struggle in Ukraine.

President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered Russia's first mobilisation since World Battle Two and backed a plan to annex swathes of Ukraine, prompting an exodus of conscription-age males from the nation.

4 of 30 highway checkpoints on the Russian-Kazakh border - the world's second-longest - had been significantly congested, Kazakhstan's border guard service stated in a press release, with out offering any numbers on arrivals.

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A witness who requested to not be named, fearing for his security, informed Reuters that they had been in a queue at a border checkpoint since Thursday morning and noticed unusually heavy site visitors from the Russian aspect and prolonged, thorough checks of Russian vehicles by Russian border guards.

Lots of these looking for to cross the border had been males who seemed to be of conscription age, beneath 35, the witness stated.

Kazakh truck drivers crossing the border have revealed movies on-line displaying lengthy queues of made up principally of passenger vehicles.