Editing Draft evasion (section)

====Invasion of Ukraine====
In September 2022, during the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]] over 600,000 mobilization-eligible citizens [[Russian emigration during the Russian invasion of Ukraine|left the country]] to avoid the draft.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Higgins |first=Andrew |date=2022-10-05 |title=Russians Fleeing the Draft Find an Unlikely Haven |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/05/world/asia/russians-fleeing-draft-kyrgyzstan-putin.html |access-date=2022-10-09 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Russians fleeing Putin's military draft |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/podcasts/2022/10/3/the-russians-fleeing-putins-military-draft |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}</ref> Reportedly, [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Kazakhstan]], and [[Mongolia]] became primary, [[Travel visa|visa-free]] destinations for Russians seeking to avoid President [[Vladimir Putin|Vladimir Putin’s]] [[2022 Russian mobilization|mobilization order]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ray |first=Siladitya |title='Hopeless Situation': Thousands Of Russians Flee To Neighboring Countries To Avoid Putin's Military Draft |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2022/09/27/hopeless-situation-thousands-of-russians-flee-to-neighboring-countries-to-avoid-putins-military-draft/ |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hagstrom |first=Anders |date=2022-09-27 |title=Russia's neighbors see surge of migrants as men flee Putin's draft |url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/russias-neighbors-see-surge-migrants-men-flee-putins-draft |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Finland]], [[Poland]] and the [[Baltic Countries|Baltic countries]] announced they will not offer refuge to Russians fleeing mobilization.<ref name="cbc-exodus">{{cite news |last=Brown |first=Chris |date=27 September 2022 |title=As masses flee Russia to avoid conscription, European neighbours grapple with whether to let them in |work=CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-draft-flee-border-1.6597416}}</ref>

In January 2023, Kazakhstan announced they were tightening visa rules, a move that is expected to make it more difficult for Russians to remain in the country.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ebel |first=Francesca |date=January 17, 2023 |title=Kazakhstan tightens visa rules, setting limits for Russians fleeing war duty |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/01/17/kazakhstan-visas-russia-war-ukraine/ |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301112336/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/01/17/kazakhstan-visas-russia-war-ukraine/ |archive-date=1 March 2023 |access-date=2023-07-26 |newspaper=The Washington Post |language=en}}</ref> Kazakhstan said it would extradite Russians wanted for evading mobilization.<ref>{{cite news |last=Najibullah |first=Farangis |date=22 January 2023 |title=Living In Fear Of The Draft, Russian Emigres In Kazakhstan Have No Plans To Go Home |work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/kazakhstan-russian-emigres-ukraine-war/32234453.html}}</ref> In early 2023, the [[Presidency of Joe Biden|Biden administration]] resumed deportations of Russians who had fled Russia due to mobilization and political persecution.<ref>{{cite news |title=The White House told Russians to flee here instead of fighting Ukraine. Then the U.S. tried to deport them |url=https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-08-17/russian-conscripts-asylum-biden-putin |work=Los Angeles Times |date=August 17, 2023}}</ref> Kazakhstan and [[Kyrgyzstan]] agreed to share personal data of Russians fleeing mobilization.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan to Share Data with Moscow on Anti-War Russians, Conscripts |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/06/22/kazakhstan-and-kyrgyzstan-to-share-data-with-moscow-on-anti-war-russians-conscripts-a81594 |work=The Moscow Times |date=22 June 2023}}</ref>