Russia’s new transport law requires … to reserve a time and place for any border crossing by car, TASS news agency reported, raising the possibility of new travel restrictions.

“The crossing of vehicles … in order to cross the state border of the Russian Federation is carried out on the date and time established in the manner established by the Government,” the ministry said in a statement, citing the draft amendments. come into force on 1 March.

After Russia invaded Ukraine in February last year, many Russian citizens and residents fled the country, and the number has increased significantly since the government conscripted more than 300,000 into the military last September.

Although exact statistics are not available, the number of Russians who have left the country may already number in the hundreds of thousandsaccording to media reports and data published by neighboring countries.

Amendments to the law on crossing the border were prepared by the State Duma Committee on Transport and Infrastructure Development, TASS reports.

Source: Reuters, TASS