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Related: About this forumMen Paying $27,000 For One-Way Flights Out Of Russia - Raw News And Politics
Men are fleeing Russia by water, air, and land, and paying as much as $27,000 for a seat on a private jet. - 09/27/2022.
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Rhiannon12866
Sep 2022
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Bread and Circuses
(1,757 posts)1. What about their families?
Men abandoning their families to flee mobilization.
Scenario #1
1) Putin places an iron-grip on Russia and the people. Rewards for following Putin, Punishments to the families where men escaped the country, no foreign travel, house inspections, etc.
2) NATO and other countries close off their borders to Russia and a new Cold War begins. The families are stuck in Russia, whilst the men have escaped. Wonder how the families will feel about being left behind
Rhiannon12866
(252,119 posts)2. Good point, this has to be devastating for the families.
And part of Putin's plan since most men will hesitate to leave their families under these circumstances. But if it's a choice between losing a son/husband to cannon fodder and knowing that they're safe, that's not much of a choice.
Demobrat
(10,270 posts)3. Would they be better off if the men were drafted and killed?
I dont know but I suspect not.
