By Brad Reed Russian President Vladimir Putin this week announced a mobilization for his flagging war in Ukraine, and it appears that many men in his country have no strong desire to volunteer. The New York Times reports that Putin’s escalation announcement has led many Russian men to flee their homeland by boarding planes to “any country that would let them in.” In an interview with the Times, one 23-year-old Russian man revealed that he flew to Istanbul upon hearing the announcement of the mobilization, as he had a friend who said he was willing to house him at least temporarily. “I was sitt…
