Oct. 2 () –
Authorities in the Russian region of North Ossetia have handed out call-up notices to 180 Russian men who wanted to cross the border into Georgia and thus flee recruitment ordered by Russian authorities.
The Military Recruitment Office at the Upper Lars border crossing has issued more than 180 summonses to men who intended to cross the border, North Ossetia deputy military commissioner April Abdulayev was quoted as saying by the Russian news agency Interfax.
The agency has reported long queues of several kilometers of vehicles of Russian citizens trying to cross into Georgia. The region has declared a state of alert and only residents, tourists with supporting documentation or Georgian citizens are allowed to enter North Ossetia with vehicles.
The partial call-up of 300,000 men announced by President Vladimir Putin has caused an exodus of tens of thousands of potential recruits who have fled the country to Georgia, Kazakhstan or Kyrgyzstan.
