Digital summonses introduced by Putin's order: he was outraged by mass emigration of Russians – media

A senior government official told The Moscow Times.

According to him, Putin was "personally affected" by the flight of citizens on a scale that the country has not seen since the collapse of the USSR.

According to demographer Alexei Raksha, 500,000-800,000 people have left Russia, while analysts at Alfa Bank estimated the wave of migration at 1 million citizens.

"This escape both personally affected and outraged the boss (as Russian officials are known to call Putin among themselves according to Soviet tradition - ed.) He ordered to stop this from happening in the future and to start fostering patriotism in people," the official said.

• On April 11, the Russian State Duma passed the bill in the second and third readings. The next day, it was approved by the country's Federation Council.

• On April 14, Putin promptly signed the bill into law, introducing electronic summonses and closing the borders for those who failed to appear at the military registration and enlistment office.