Flight prices to foreign destinations have soared today ahead of a major speech by Vladimir Putin on the military conflict with Ukraine.
Russians are fearing an expansion of mobilisation and even a full declaration of war and some were said to be fleeing the country.
The warmongers' address was kept under wraps amid an unexplained night-time dash to the Kremlin by his motorcade.
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