{"id":185213,"date":"2026-04-27T19:40:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T16:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/185213\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T19:40:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T16:40:47","slug":"russian-conscientious-objector-barred-from-flying-to-tbilisi-yerevan-via-minsk","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/185213\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian conscientious objector barred from flying to Tbilisi, Yerevan via Minsk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>April 27, Pozirk. <\/strong>A conscription-age Russian man has been turned away at Minsk International Airport and ordered to report for military service in his home country and attempting to leave for Georgia or Armenia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The man, born in St. Petersburg, received a call-up notice paper in early April, ordering him to present himself at a military recruitment center for a medical examination, reported a human rights group called the Movement of Conscientious Objectors. Simultaneously, his name appeared on the list of persons banned from leaving Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The man attempted to get into Belarus via the land border but was prevented from doing so and returned to Russia. He managed to reach Belarus by a train through Smolensk, taking advantage of a lack of screening procedures for passengers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, on April 23, he was not allowed to board a flight for Tbilisi from Minsk International Airport. On April 25, he was barred from flying to Yerevan using his internal passport. Officials never showed him any formal documents stating the grounds for the exit ban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the past, Russian men eligible for draft travelled freely to Belarus, which is \u201ctraditionally viewed as a safe exit route.\u201d The Movement of Conscientious Objectors suggests that the border control agencies of Russia and Belarus may have started exchanging military conscription data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 27, Pozirk. A conscription-age Russian man has been turned away at Minsk International Airport and ordered to report for military service in his home country and attempting to leave for Georgia or Armenia. 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