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Said that these people are being forced to leave because of a hopeless situation and he says that his country has a responsibility to take these russians in, these exiles, which is pretty striking when you consider kazakhstan is in a security treaty with russia and is supposed to be a close ally, but its accepting essentially large numbers of draft dodgers. i have spoken with ordinary kazakhs who have been part of a grassroots effort to welcome these russians, some of them taking them, strangers...

Draft dodgers traveling by land wait days in line or pay big money for scarce plane tickets to escape. thats just the first step. every day more russians arrive at this train station in almonte with their backpacks and they tell you the same thing. they were afraid they could be sent to fight in ukraine and they abandoned their country on very short notice. this married couple left together. did you come because of the mobilization for the war in ukraine? >> it was a final kick to start our jour...

Government. >> many of russias land borders choked for weeks with long lines as citizens run for the exits. draft dodgers traveling by land wait days in line, or pay big money for scarce plane tickets to escape. thats just the first step. >> every day, more russians arrived with their backpacks, and they tell you the same thing, they were afraid they could be sent to fight in ukraine, and they abandoned their country on short notice. >> reporter: this married couple left together. >> did you com...

Enormously consequential announcement issuing the largest federal pardon in more than 40 years. >> as i said went when i ran for president, no one should be in jail just for using or possessing marijuana. first, im announcing -- federal offenses. for the simple possession of marijuana. for thousands of people convicted for marijuana possession who may be denied employment, housing, or educational opportunities as a result of the conviction. my pardon will remove this burden. >> the pardon will a...

Translation: generally speaking, people in kazakhstan _ were very welcoming. in uralsk, city and the border with russia, one cinema even let russians who had nowhere to sleep, stay there for the night. but the influx of russian men has led to friction in kazakstan, for example causing the price of rent to soar and raising security concerns. some, like this politician, are calling for tighter border controls. translation: to be honest, | im concerned about the wave of russian migration because i ...

The U.S. Embassy in Moscow called on citizens with dual American and Russian citizenship to leave Russia at the soonest, lest they face military conscription. The embassy issued the warning [...]

Following Putin’s mobilization announcement thousands of Russians sought to leave the country, leading nearly all flights from Russia to its visa-free countries to sell out and prompting long queues at most border crossings.

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Defend the constitution of the united states. >> this was not just tinkering with a few votes. this cost 20,000 american lives. i dont know how many thousand wounded. the cost of that was her republican douse. it was treason. by any standard. >> those who note of the war. draft dodgers and resisters. they were described as treasonous. if i had known as a soldier in vietnam that nixon had scuttled or certainly delayed for sure a peace process, it seems treasonous and more treasonous than the guys...

>> president johnson did believe this was a treasonous act, that ultimately led to an expanded war. >> and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. >> this was not just tinkering with a few votes. this cost us 20,000 american lives. i dont know how many thousand wounded. the cost of that was horrendous. it was treason. by any standard. >> those who said no to the war, draft dodgers, resisters, they were described as treasonous. if i would...