Up to 5,000 asylum seekers from Russia are on the southern border of the US waiting to cross into the US, the website reports. Border Report. Most of them are financially secure and left Russia to avoid the draft of Vladimir Putin, the Gzero website notes.

Russian emigrants travel through Mexico apply for asylum in the United States, ”notes, referring to the same issue, the Wall Street Journal, at the same time, there are thousands of Russians who have applied in the past 12 months to obtain residence permits in countries such as Argentina.

“Pregnant Russian women flock to Argentina […] a country that grants citizenship to children born on its soil, allowing the child’s parents to also apply (ss for citizenship). For Russians, the Argentine passport is something of a golden ticket, as it gives visa-free access to more than 170 countries.