I think they will let me in with a PCR test (against COVID-19) and then I'll sort something out," she added. "I will make an appointment for March 11, although what may happen in the near future is scary and uncertain," said one 40-year-old Russian woman. Russians require visas to enter most European countries, and a modest queue had formed at the Italian visa application center in Moscow, which was still accepting requests by appointment only, with the nearest available slots over a week away. 27 issued a reminder that anyone providing financial or other assistance to a foreign state or international organization aimed against Russia's security could be convicted of treason and face a maximum sentence of 20 years. Russia's state prosecutor's office on Feb. "But if you go out against the war, they arrest you, and there is this law on state treason," she added. "I am ashamed that I haven't stayed in Russia, that I am not fighting to the end, not protesting in the streets," she said. 24, according to the OVD-Info protest-monitoring group.Īfter giving her cat to her family to look after, a 29-year-old woman flew to Israel on Sunday before prices rose even further, worried that things in Moscow can only get worse. Some 7,669 people have been detained at anti-war protests since the invasion began on Feb. The unprecedented Western sanctions on Moscow have already sent prices rising and started hitting the lives of ordinary Russians, while those who protest have been swiftly arrested. The cost of plane tickets has leaped since Russia closed its airspace to airlines from the European Union and many other countries in a tit-for-tat response to sanctions imposed by the West, severely limiting Russians' ability to travel.
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