Putin sends troops to Georgian border for defectors

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Speculations are growing that Vladimir Putin is to introduce martial law to ban men trying to avoid conscription from leaving the country.

Russian troops appear to have been deployed near the border with Georgia, despite the Kremlin trying to dispel rumors that Vladimir Putin is to introduce martial law to ban men trying to avoid conscription from leaving the country.

Footage from the small town of Chmi, on the main highway from Russia to Georgia’s South Ossetia region, shows at least six soldiers in an armored vehicle pushing past the queue that has formed and heading towards the border, according to the Daily Mail .

Sources told the Russian RBC network that the soldiers moved to set up a checkpoint. However, the FSB network says they were sent to stop people from crossing the border.

Rumors of the Russian president closing the borders have caused a huge wave of flight to other countries. It is estimated that at least 260,000 people have fled in just five days.

Dmitry Peskov, asked about these rumors, insisted in his new statements today that he has no idea about such plans.

“No decisions have been made at the moment,” he characteristically told reporters in Moscow.

Just yesterday, Sunday, the estimated wait to enter Georgia reached 48 hours, with more than 3,000 vehicles queuing to cross the border, Russian state media reported, citing local officials.

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