Two Russian men fleeing military service on a boat to Alaska to seek asylum in the United States.
7 Oct. BBC Reportedly, two Russian men were detained by US officials. After arriving by boat on St. Lawrence Island in Alaska, two senators from Alaska said: The couple went to the beach in Gambell Village and asked for asylum in the United States. and a spokesperson for the US Department of Homeland Security said The couple’s request for asylum is underway.
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The incident came as men flee Russia to avoid conscription for war in Ukraine. After President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization of reservists on Sept. 21, it was the first time a Russian man had come to Alaska. while most fled to neighboring Kazakhstan, Georgia and Finland, as well as other European countries.
Forbes Russia reported this week, citing Kremlin sources as saying. Up to 700,000 male citizens may leave the country. Among the Russian soldiers faced heavy losses and defeats destroyed morale on the battlefield.
A Russian serviceman addresses reservists at a gathering point in the course of partial mobilization of troops, aimed to support the country’s military campaign in Ukraine, in the town of Volzhsky in the Volgograd region, Russia September 28, 2022.
Gambell, with fewer than 500 permanent residents, lies on the northwestern cape of St. Lawrence Island. 56 kilometers from Russia’s Chukchi Peninsula, it is closer to Russia than the mainland Alaska. Local media reported that Gamble residents were able to see the Siberian lands across the sea.
A local city clerk told the KTUU news station that two men had sailed from Yevgenot. Russia’s northeast has traveled some 480 kilometers and has since fled to St. Lawrence Island.
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The Department of Homeland Security said the two men had boarded the boat and disembarked the island on Thursday Oct. 6 and had been airlifted to Anchorage. Alaska’s largest city to check and screen Meanwhile, Mike Dunlevy said the arrival of Russian citizens was a shock to us.
“We didn’t expect a continuation of people or a small fleet of people. We have no indications that will happen, so this may only happen once,” added Dunlevy.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, left, and Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, leave the chamber following a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 10, 2017.
Alaska State Senator Dan Sullivan said community leaders in Gambell contacted him regarding the arrival of two Russian citizens on Thursday, urging federal authorities to “make sure they were there.” The plan is ready in case more Russian citizens flee the Bering Strait community in Alaska.
“The incident made two things clear. First, the Russian people did not want to fight Putin’s war of invasion of Ukraine. Second, because Alaska was close to Russia. Our Alaska plays an important role in securing America’s national security,” Sullivan said in a statement on Thursday Oct. 5.
Lisa Murkaskey, also a senator from Alaska, said: “The incident underscores the need for strong security in the American Arctic.”
Both push to expand strategic defense and infrastructure capabilities in Alaska to combat the threats Russia poses in the region.
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