These two russian men dont want to fight for putin. They fled their country when they were threatened with conscription. They feared being used as cannon fodder on the front line. And were horrified by the idea of killing ukrainian soldiers. One of them fled to georgia, the other to kazakhstan. Our reporter met the two men, who even now dont feel safe from the long arm of moscow. For some months now, a young russian man has been living in fear of being discovered here in tbilisi, georgias capital. He wont tell us his real name. Well call him nikita. Until last february, nikita lived and studied in moscow. Then, he was called up for military service and he fled. i didnt want to go to war. Leaving the country was my only chance. I knew the consequences that id have to hide from russia for the rest of my life id never be able to return. But i just dont want to kill people. Im not afraid of dying or landing in prison. But killing people i cant do that. Thousands of kilometers away, in ural
These two russian men dont want to fight for putin. They fled their country when they were threatened with conscription. They feared being used as cannon fodder on the front line. And were horrified by the idea of killing ukrainian soldiers. One of them fled to georgia, the other to kazakhstan. Our reporter met the two men, who even now dont feel safe from the long arm of moscow. For some months now, a young russian man has been living in fear of being discovered here in tbilisi, georgias capital. He wont tell us his real name. Well call him nikita. Until last february, nikita lived and studied in moscow. Then, he was called up for military service and he fled. i didnt want to go to war. Leaving the country was my only chance. I knew the consequences that id have to hide from russia for the rest of my life id never be able to return. But i just dont want to kill people. Im not afraid of dying or landing in prison. But killing people i cant do that. Thousands of kilometers away, in ural