Turkish Airlines Stops Selling Tickets From Russia To Mexico

I actually believe russian authorities are very happy with this move by TK, they very well know that the people leaving are the educated, so to say, smart ones. No country wants to loose those people.
Ofcourse they will publicly demand explanations and what not, that's what they are expected to do, but behind closed doors I believe they are happy keeping people inside russia, just like during soviet times.

Turkish just creating official deniability.

“We don’t sell tickets from Russia to Mexico”

While still selling tickets from Russia, and tickets to Mexico.

If Russians want to leave Russia they still have plenty of ways they could do it, many countries are still friendly/open with Russia. Of course I'm sure America would be the ultimate dream for many of them, but they can still go to other popular places like Dubai, Thailand, Bali, etc.

Personally I'm happy Turkish is doing this. Hopefully it will also translate to other Latin America countries as well.

There's daily flights to SYX, CAN,HKT to say the least, these folks can leave anytime they want.

You’d think that Putin and cronies would be happy that Turkish (THY or whatever they’re called now) is stoping people fleeing to Latin America

In Turkey there are people running underground businesses targeting many foreign nationals who seek asylum related documents to support their case in efforts to get to the US. Russians are included as the target audience, on top of Indians, certain African and Middle East countries, etc. Turkiye actually announced a new e-visa requirement for nationals of 10 countries on April 15, 2024 for people transiting through Istanbul on their way to Colombia, Mexico, Panama or Venezuela because it is pretty well known that folks are routing through Istanbul to a Latin America country before they start their journey northward to the US. Anyone traveling through Turkey to certain Latin America countries are subject to additional screening. I suspect the US govt had some discussions with their Turkish counterparts that the country needs to do their part to stem the illegal immigration because transiting through Turkiye has always been the easiest way for people looking to illegally enter the US

The only country that Turkey is on good terms with is itself - and even that at a push!

I think the caption of second photo should be “ Turkish Airlines isn’t blocking Mexico to Russia ticket sales”.

Agreed. To stop this previously walls were put up.

Bring down the walls! Freedom of movement is a fundamental human right guaranteed by the UN charter of human rights.