© Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Riot police in Moscow detain a demonstrator during a protest of the partial military mobilization ordered Wednesday by President Vladimir Putin. Flights to the few cities abroad still offering direct service to Russia — most destinations have been cut off by sanctions — were suddenly sold out. While Putin stopped short of declaring a full mobilization, which would entail a national draft, the partial mobilization immediately began upending the lives of reservists. © Karen Minasyan/AFP/Getty Images Airline tickets sold out quickly as Russians fearing the partial military mobilization left the country for the few destinations, like Yerevan, Armenia, that still offer direct service. “Everyone sees this as a stupid mistake.”© Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP A woman reacts as police detained demonstrators during a protest of the military mobilization in Moscow on Wednesday.
