A record number of Russians traveled to Georgia, Armenia and Serbia from July to September.
Vestka writes about this with reference to data from the FSB border service. From July to September this year, more departures were recorded in each of the three regions than in any quarter since the records began in 2010.
In Georgia, 660.3 thousand departures were recorded - this is 43.3 thousand more than the previous record set a year earlier. This is also 43% more than in the third quarter of 2022, when recruitment in Russia was announced.
402.3 thousand departures to Armenia were registered. The previous maximum - 344.7 thousand - occurred in the third quarter of 2025.
Over the course of three months, 64,800 Russians traveled to Serbia, which is about 14,000 more than in the same period last year. The previous record was in the third quarter of 2024 - 53.2 thousand.
The statistics take into account all trips, regardless of the purpose of the trip, the publication notes. It cannot be used to determine how long people left Russia and how many of them emigrated.