Belarus shuts escape route for draft-eligible Russians barred from leaving
Belarus introduces unified border control database with Russia (Photo: REUTERS/Ramil Sitdikov)
Belarus has stopped allowing draft-eligible Russians to
leave through its territory, cutting off a route that let Russian citizens
barred from leaving Russia bypass the restriction, Belsat TV
reported on April 29.
Minsk synchronized its border control database with Moscow,
meaning Russians who have received electronic draft notices will no longer be
allowed to cross the Belarusian border.
“If the response says travel is not restricted, then please,
you may leave Belarusian territory. If travel is banned, all questions are for
the Russian Federation. If a person is in the database, they will not be
allowed out,” Belarus’ State Border Committee said.
Belsat reported the first known case of a Russian citizen
with an electronic draft notice being stopped from leaving Belarus on April 27.
The man, from St. Petersburg, had received a draft notice and was due to report
for a medical examination on April 29. Instead, he tried to fly from Minsk to
Tbilisi and then to Yerevan, but was removed from the flight and told he was
barred from leaving.
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