All Direct Flight Tickets To Istanbul, Tbilisi And Yerevan Were Sold Out In Russia A Few Minutes After Putin's Speech

A great number of future conscripts are trying to escape the mobilization.

Minutes after Kremlin dictator Vladimir Putin's speech announcing partial mobilization, Russians sold out all direct flight tickets for September 21 to Istanbul, Tbilisi and Yerevan.

The Meduza Telegram channel reports.

"A few minutes after Putin's speech, they bought all the direct tickets for September 21 to Istanbul, Tbilisi and Yerevan," the statement reads.

An hour later, airports and railways were banned from selling tickets to men from 18 to 65 years old.