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Analyst at CNA | International law, international relations | Bills Mafia | Living in Bishkek 🇰🇬
Meduza in EnglishAfter Putin announced mobilization in September, hundreds of thousands of Russians fled to Kazakhstan. Many remained there, taking advantage of lax policies that let them live there indefinitely by making regular “visa runs.” Now that’s no longer possible.
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/01/27/the-end-of-the-visa-run
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/01/27/the-end-of-the-visa-run
The end of the ‘visa run’ Kazakhstan is changing its immigration rules, complicating life for Russians who fled mobilization — Meduza
In September 2022, after Vladimir Putin announced mobilization in Russia, 406,000 Russians crossed into Kazakhstan. So far, it’s been easy for those who have stayed to avoid trouble with immigration authorities: under Kazakh law, Russian citizens have effectively been allowed to reside in the country visa-free indefinitely by crossing the state border, even if only for a few minutes, at least once every 90 days. On December 31, however, the Kazakh government tightened its visa rules, outlawing these “visa runs” beginning on January 27, 2023. Meduza explains how this change is likely to affect Russians who fled mobilization.
In this at Foreign Policy, I argue #Russia’s recent actions have made an #Arctic freedom of navigation operation more likely
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/12/20/russia-arctic-claims-territorial-internal-waters/
My colleague Josh Tallis has a sharp piece out in War on the Rocks laying out a primer on #NATO’s Standing Naval Groups and a vision for how they can be made more relevant and effective, particularly for burden sharing in the alliance.
Russia’s Senate approved a law that would impose restrictions for the first time on foreign warships navigating Russian internal waters of #Arctic Northern Sea Route, a corridor #Russia is trying to make happen for trade b/w Asia and Europe. The measure now just needs #Putin to sign it. For analysis of the law and an argument for why it violates Russia’s #internationallaw obligations, see @lawfare https://www.lawfareblog.com/wrangling-warships-russias-proposed-law-northern-sea-route-navigation
Wrangling Warships: Russia’s Proposed Law on Northern Sea Route Navigation
A proposed amendment in the Russian parliament would require foreign warships to obtain diplomatic clearance before navigating through the internal waters of the Northern Sea Route. It is plainly illegal—Moscow’s own past actions tell us so.