Mongolia says it is ready to issue residency permits to all Russian arrivals who request them.
It comes amid a Russian exodus to neighbouring countries, triggered by President Vladimir Putin’s announcement of a partial military mobilisation on 21 September.
Mongolian immigration agency chief Nerguin Uuganbayar did not specify the permits’ duration. He said 6,268 Russians had entered via Altanbulag, a border town, in the past week.
The Russian call-up affects reservists – not conscripts – but alarm has spread among Russian men of fighting age.
Russians can enter Mongolia visa-free and stay for 30 days, then request an extension.
Kazakhstan reported that 98,000 Russians had arrived since Putin’s announcement.
In the Caucasus, an enormous queue of Russian cars developed at Georgia’s border. Georgia said about 10,000 Russians were arriving every day – double the previous average number.
Finland has shut its border to most Russian visitors, though there are some exemptions, for example for family reunions and work. Poland and Baltic states Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania made the same move earlier.
But their logistics still sucks. More and more I think Russia’s failures were not “Russian leadership made bad decisions”, but rather “the Russian military does not have the capability for competence”.
Logistics, particularly in Russia these days, suffers from a two-fold problem: 1) Usually not being esteemed enough, or even at all, compared to the fancy “combat” units, so they tend to be neglected, while 2) Also being in the best position to enrich themselves by looting their own supply lines.
If you were a Russian quartermaster, and had the choice between making a few bucks off selling stolen material on the black market, or shipping it to the front so some general who thinks you’re a loser can fight a battle, which would you choose?
warmonitor is a normally fairly accurate and very well connected “real-time” source:
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I get the feeling we see another goodwill-speed-run this weekend
interested in getting feedback from russian telegram channels … concerning “thermal sensations on overall mood” … when will the first starting to call for change of leadership???
=> could @Kedikat help out there with current information?
I don’t know about that. Here in my neighborhood we occasionally get a particular building or two spray-painted in 12’-15’ high letters, and it looks very sloppy as if it were created with one continuous motion very quickly. I don’t know if they use extension poles or what, but I doubt its ladders, given the look of the graffiti and the fact that it’s on a main thoroughfare with reasonable patrol car presence where ladders would just be too conspicuous and take too much time (and not be able to create the wide looping letters.)
