Abducted abroad: How Russia seizes its citizens in Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan — and puts them on trial back home
Zurab Kurtsikidze / EPA / Scanpix / LETARussians at the Upper Lars checkpoint on the Russian-Georgian border, September 27, 2022 After the full-scale war began and Russia announced mobilization, many Russians left the country. But leaving Russia doesn’t put you beyond the reach of its security services. As Meduza has warned , some countries will extradite Russians at the request of law enforcement agencies back home.