Kazakhstan denied placement of Russians in COVID hospitals

The information that in the city of Petropavlovsk in northern Kazakhstan the Russians who arrived are being placed in a hospital for patients with COVID-19 is not true, according to the StopFake.kz portal, which was launched in 2020 by the Ministry of Information and Social Development.

“In social networks and instant messengers, information is posted that in Petropavlovsk, in a hospital for people with COVID-19, those who came from the Russian Federation are accommodated. This is not true," the statement said.

The data was refuted by the akimat of the North Kazakhstan region, which includes Petropavlovsk, as well as in the ministry itself.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin on September 21 announced a partial mobilization. He drew attention to the need to protect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country, to ensure the security of the people and "people in the liberated territories." 300 thousand people are subject to the call.

On the same day, Russian airlines sold out tickets to visa-free countries, including Kazakhstan. The State Revenue Committee of the Republic reported that since September 21, the flow of cars from Russia has increased by 20%, with the largest accumulation observed in Aktobe, Atyrau, West Kazakhstan and Kostanay regions.

Two days later, an increase in the number of incoming Russians was also noted by the border service of the National Security Committee (KNB) of Kazakhstan. The KNB took the situation under special control. It clarified that now the border guard units and checkpoints are working in an enhanced mode.

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At the same time, the speaker of the senate (upper house) of the Parliament of Kazakhstan, Maulen Ashimbaev, emphasized that the country cannot restrict entry for Russians, however, in order to obtain a residence permit, arrivals will need a certain set of documents. Among them is the consent of the state that the citizen leaves.

“If the state does not give a citizen permission to leave, but somehow he left, Kazakhstan cannot give him a residence permit. Consent is a departure sheet, there must be appropriate signatures and seals, ”the senator explained.