“Those seeking to leave faced a severe lack of available flights after western countries closed their airspace to Russian airlines. Moscow has also closed its airspace to much of the west in response.
Flights to Yerevan, Istanbul and Belgrade were completely sold out for the coming days while a one-way ticket to Dubai was priced at over £3,000 ($4,006) – compared with £250 ($334) in ordinary times – according to the flight aggregator Skyscanner. Train tickets from St Petersburg to Helsinki were also sold out on Thursday and Friday.”
Also sounds from the article like border officials are extensively questioning folks at the border, scrolling through any private chats that haven’t been deleted on messaging apps, etc. Be careful all.
Yes, this seems correct. Unfortunately it already sounds difficult to get out:
‘My future is taken away from me’: Russians flee to escape consequences of Moscow’s war | Russia | The Guardian
“Those seeking to leave faced a severe lack of available flights after western countries closed their airspace to Russian airlines. Moscow has also closed its airspace to much of the west in response.
Flights to Yerevan, Istanbul and Belgrade were completely sold out for the coming days while a one-way ticket to Dubai was priced at over £3,000 ($4,006) – compared with £250 ($334) in ordinary times – according to the flight aggregator Skyscanner. Train tickets from St Petersburg to Helsinki were also sold out on Thursday and Friday.”
Also sounds from the article like border officials are extensively questioning folks at the border, scrolling through any private chats that haven’t been deleted on messaging apps, etc. Be careful all.