Sped-up footage appears to show long lines of vehicles at a checkpoint on the Russia-Georgia border, a popular route used by Russians to leave the country.
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Vladimir Putin’s decision to announce the first mobilisation since the second world war has led to a rush among men of military age to leave Russia. Usually sleepy border crossings into Kazakhstan and Mongolia have also been overwhelmed by the sudden influx of Russians looking for a way out.

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