The Belarusian security forces received a verbal order to identify the Russians who are hiding in the neighboring country from the partial mobilization decreed by the President of Russiareported the Belarusian media ‘Nasha Niva’, one of the oldest in the former Soviet republic and declared “extremist” by Alexander Lukashenko’s regime.
Many reservists and other Russians who fear being summoned to join the Armed Forces stand in long queues at Russia’s borders with Finland, Georgia, Mongolia and Kazakhstan and, along these lines, Belarus is another escape route because there are no border controls by the State Union between the two countries.
However, newspaper sources indicated that already on the 21st, the day of the announcement of Putin’s partial mobilization, the Belarusian security forces received a verbal order to identify Russians fleeing this measure established by the Russian president.
“At the moment, at the level of verbal orders, it is possible to monitor apartment rentals for days, to get in touch with the owners of the houses,” the source said, always according to this medium.
License plates were also ordered to be tracked, information collected and documents verified, according to the agent who spoke on condition of anonymity with ‘Nasha Niva’.
(Keep reading: Arrested in protests against Putin will be forced to join the Russian army).
Asked if Minsk will allow the Russians to hide from participating in the war intervention in Ukraine, the source indicated that the general system of fines is established and “catching the fleeing is a trivial task”.
According to the Belarusian telegram channel ‘Maya Kraina Belarus’, also declared an “extremist” by the Lukashenko regime and citing ‘Deutsche Welle Belarus’, police officers at Minsk airport have also started checking men with Russian passports.
Belarus is one of Russia’s closest allies in Putin’s military campaign in Ukrainesince it lent its territory in the south last February so that Russian troops could enter the neighboring country and it still provides logistical aid to the Army, according to the General Staff of kyiv.
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