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Latvia says it will not welcome Russians fleeing mobilisation

Other nations including the US, Netherlands and the UK condemned the move calling for the world to take Putin's words 'seriously' [File: Juan Barreto/AFP]

Some Western nations have suggested they will not provide asylum or refuge to people fleeing Russia after President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilisation of reservists.

In a televised address on Wednesday, Putin, after speaking about Moscow’s nuclear weapons, warned Western countries that Russia will use all the means at its disposal to protect its territory, saying “this not a bluff”.

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