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HISTORICAL FACTS: Kazakhstan to ensure safety of russians fleeing draft - Caught on Camera

Thousands of Russians are reported to have fled the country since Moscow's partial mobilisation order last week [Zurab Tsertsvadze/AP]

Kazakhstan will guarantee the safety of Russians fleeing their country as Russia moves to conscript hundreds of thousands of army reserves to fight in Ukraine, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has said.

“A lot of people from Russia have come here over the last few days,” Tokayev said in a speech on Tuesday.

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