A Russian region that borders Georgia, North Ossetia, restricted many passenger cars from entering Wednesday, according to Interfax Russia. A day earlier, authorities there announced plans for a draft office at a border crossing where cars and pedestrians have lined up for days.
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial call-up of military reservists to bolster his forces in Ukraine, a move that sparked rare protests across the country and led to hundreds of arrests. The announcement sent Russians scampering for flights, sparked by fears that Russia's borders could close or that Putin could expand the call-up.
Another such draft checkpoint was set up in Russia along the Finnish border, according to the independent Russian news outlet Meduza. "It’s all very scary — tears, screams, a huge number of people. There is a feeling that the government does not know how to organize it. It seems that they want to close the border, but at the same time they are afraid that protests may follow, and they let people leave," he told the AP.
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