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[–] [email protected] 25 points 10 months ago

There must have been a lot of high-level defections so far to have to resort to this

There were:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/25/europe/russia-fsb-defectors-osechkin-intl-cmd/index.html

[–] avater 22 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Ah Russia you comical evil country, you never fail to impress with some new stupidity

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I mean, this is the same country who walled off an entire city to stop people from leaving. This is not really surprising

[–] avater 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

oh its not surprising for me, it's just a constant reminder how fucked up Russia is

[–] elbarto777 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Would you say russia is getting to the same level as north korea?

[–] avater 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

it clearly has set it's sail in this direction, maybe flavoured with a little shot of nazi germany

[–] fne8w2ah 1 points 10 months ago

Aka "21st century russky mir'.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Hunh. The Russian government started a thing a few months back, where they no longer had to deliver your drafted-into-the-army papers in person, they could do it by email. The interesting thing was that the email was considered to be delivered the moment it was sent, regardless of whether anyone actually read it or not - or whether the recipient even knew the email account existed. It'll be interesting to see if the passport restriction is handled the same way.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Lol. I wonder how many of those emails went straight into the spam folder.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So they have 5 days to find a way out. That’s all I’m reading from this

[–] Sanyanov 3 points 10 months ago

They're already trapped inside the country.

[–] MushuChupacabra 11 points 10 months ago

You're banned from travel. Here's your uniform and gun, now travel to Ukraine and have drones drop bombs on you.

[–] Chainweasel 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

5 days to use it or lose it.
I wonder how many will see this as the final push to flee the county now that they've been put into a "now or never" situation.

[–] Sanyanov 3 points 10 months ago

That relates to those who've already been banned from travel. They won't be let out

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So many Russians on permanent vacation / early retirement / digital nomand lives in five days.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

Already are. Tons in Thailand and similar