one of the few remaining roots from russia to the u for many, their last chance to escape the impact of western sanctions and the growing repression. thousands have already arrived. the finish re weighs have therefore decided to extend the time table between saint petersburg and hesitated only those with a valid you visa are allowed to travel. people like this young woman who left the finland the day after the russian invasion of ukraine began. she does not want to be recognized and says she's devastated by events in ukraine. i'm crying and then sleeping. seen it since it's all started. that's how i feel it. i'm pretty sure that i'm then going back and sure if i will be able to leave them. but this fear,

this fear of landing in prison for one's opinion, is leading more and more russians to flee the country on the train to helsinki. and we have our colleague, natalia, small and saver with us until recently. she was a correspondent for d w's russian service in moscow. that was before russian authorities closed down d w. moscow bureau. natalia, thanks so much for joining us. you're now here in berlin. did you have a choice or did you feel like you had to leave russia? and so after our bureau was closed, but especially after the war has started and have been you and laws and new things happening with the freedom of speech in russia. it became practically impossible or very difficult to work as a journalist. and in the beginning journalist when we're asked to urge to only use official information when reporting and what have happening in the ukraine. so effectively banned from using the world war or invasion have to call a special operation. then a couple of days there,

general prosecutor reminded that any work for in state in this situation would also can cause in fines or even time in prison. so it was really, really difficult for us to say, so obviously i won't get out of the country, but situation are developed in the way that i kind of had to leave it possible for you to stay. what about other people, you know, are they planning to leave? have they already left? i think now we're seeing and many russians wouldn't know how many, but definitely solvents leaving russia. some are feeling a possibility of introduction of martial law and that they have to go to the whether they don't support others, fear the credit down and repressions. journalist but also an activist and politicians. and they're also just people who was land lives have been ruined because their businesses or their and you know, the work they jobs don't exist anymore. so in this, in this fear and uncertainty, a lot of people decided to leave the country. yeah. we know the sanctions are

hitting the economy really hard. we saw this report of people finding this route to finland. how difficult is it for russians to leave right now? well, it is very difficult and they're not so many options to leave a plane. you can leave for, for instance, to istanbul or to armenia or to then you can go to georgia and actually sell the countries. a lot of people are heading to because to go to finland on to other european countries. you require visa and not a lot of fashions have it so a lot of people are to fly out to get a final, to stumble and then continue from there. but also the price of this flight are really expensive and not everyone can afford this. and also just to get and just decide to leave right now from one way to another. this is a big decision. people have families will have more interest people have at. so it is really, really hard. and also once you get out there, what are you going to do because russians, russian cars with visa, mastercard on work abroad. so you'll have to get a lot of cash. you can only get $10000.00 right now out of the country. so there's

a lot of practical decisions to be made. it, when people have to leave, maybe can tell us a bit more about the mood in the country before you left. it's hard for us to gauge from over here, but how much support do you think there was for this war or, and how much opposition? it is really hard to grasp, but we're think especially in dissertation, many are shocked and still trying to grasp what's happening. i think there was also part of their populations to hasn't understand fully what's going on there. we've seen protest happening on the street. so there is a lot of discontent with what's happening. but obviously not all the people who are against the war are so brave and take it to the streets actually. and there are some polls being carried out in recent days. we don't really, we can't really trust this pulse very much because on this, in the situation, when i thought and state of the war and polls are very misleading. but even in these polls, it's governmental polls. they show from 50 to 70 percent of support for ongoing mil to operation, not the war. it's how they framed. but even in this balls,

what we're seeing is that people who are younger and who use social media and internet to get the information are less likely to support what's happening there. ok, very interesting to tell. it's more about our colleague who was worship working for d w 's russian service in moscow. thanks so much for sharing your insights with us today. thank you. now, teenage wrestler, deanna lots is among the hundreds of thousands of people who have fled the war in ukraine. she is now in berlin after a german coach welcomed her family. for now she is safe and training with his club . the war in ukraine has turned diana lots, life upside down. the wrestler had to flee a home town in liveth yep. was, and i say i woke up to another air raid siren and we were supposed to hide in an air raid shelter john e. so i got out ala is with i looked at my phone and saw

a message from marco is another one, but a good one. if i read it, was going up and it was completely unexpected. yet you thought i was so happy to call him in your book. those are good for yellow. german coach ma command, sir, picked up diana and her family at the ukrainian border. he brought them to berlin and let them stay in his office. one won't go meet that door. my dad couldn't come with us, but the horse because he went to war to defend ukraine. what is the shadow green? i'm really worried about my dad. yeah, i'm scared. who died yesterday and 2019 diana, one bronze at the under 15 european championship. she hopes to compete at the olympic sunday. fortunately, i want in an empty gold medal to be an olympic champion and to go down in history so that everyone will know me. what i want the war to and soon

and that ukraine will defeat russia. russia should give battle. every thing it took from us. you would law, this is a brawler. i really want to return home to ukraine or to live if to see all my dear people, the coaches wife, to see me bliss can a day in the day. her coaches in ukraine have enlisted in the army. diana doesn't know how long chastain berlin for now. training is the only thing she has left and you can watch more of diana's story this weekend on sports life here on d. w. now the united nations has been calling for better protection of ukraine's cultural sights. as russia continues its assault on the country at a museum and the besieged city of hard case workers are trying to save one of ukraine's most valuable art collections. harkey,

ukraine's 2nd biggest city, a center of industry and culture in places now hardly recognizable. amid the destruction, the harkey of art museums still standing. it's windows and doors were shattered. when russian forces bombed and near by target, the museums director found her office in ruins. who received was measures a very civilized country. you know, right now it's cultured hillary hi culture, look of them. when we see this, we understand how high that culture is. the goal now is to get as much of the collection as possible into storage. and many of the artworks they want to save from the russians are in fact russian. if they are going and foot blue bolts, just an irony of hate that we should be saving russian artists, 2nd little paintings by russian artists from their own nation all day. it's just barbaric barbara william like this work by russian master eelie,

a rape in one of 25000 artworks in the museums collection. with no windows intact, it's impossible to control the temperature or the humidity. they say they'll only be able to assess any damage to the works when the war is over a month. i mean, the employ thing you bring him on. i just don't understand what kind of a person one must be to kill people like by me, destroy architectural landmarks, through our art masterpieces. i have no words. it's laurie english. i don't want to start swearing in front of a camera. as russian troops slowly move in on the city of harkey of the museum, like the cities, people as bracing for what's yet to come. ukrainian authorities say that 40000 people have now been evacuated from 5 different

ukrainian cities. but they say russian troops continued to break cease fires, meant to allow more residents to flee in the air pin northwest of g f. people have been playing a bit heavy bombardment as russian forces advance on the capital. now a brief pause in shelling has allowed more residents to escape. des mathias billing, or is there finally boarding a bus to safety? these refugees have just come out of the fighting zone north west of kia. daria has been on the road for hours. usually for you. we left everything there and just fled . i don't know whether we will ever be able to come back. european a suburb north west of kia has been one of the worst it places in this world sees fires have been agreed and broken time. and again, just a few days ago, a family of 4 was killed near this bridge. there was shelled on their way out of

the small town. this is one of the places that had been fought about for days. people have been sitting there trapped waiting for an opportunity to get out, leaving behind what they could not carry with them. people have been fleeing in a hurry. shelling can start again at any moment. some have been walking for many kilometers before being able to cross over the bridge to reach one of the buses. just the law is thrashed. so though it's difficult and terrifying the roads are destroyed, there is destroyed military equipment everywhere. dead bodies lie around. we saw all this while walking. it's difficult for everybody, including old women. it's very frightening. watches that us many, i have no idea where to go next. this kindergarten was closed after the war began. it's now hosting people who have fled. the fighting with they do

not exist. our son arrive without even wearing slippers. some come without a coat. there were some grandmothers, he went out to fetch water and we were evacuated because that lies were under threat. whole retirement homes have been evacuated. the refugees can rest here for a few days. see it when you call is natural. everybody from our neighbourhood laughed. a plane flew over awesome. then it suddenly turned dropped a bomb and everything was on fire. volunteers quickly evacuated us when you're as abruptly as evacuation of a pin and other suburbs goes on. the kindergarten braces for more people to arrive in the coming days. that's it for this news show in the next hour we'll be going to versailles live, to listen into you leader statements after their summit on the war in ukraine.

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levied against russia. around 70 percent of its banks and financial institutions have been cut off from swift. the system used by banks to send money across borders . it is a move that impact reaches well beyond russia itself. many banks in the u. s. the u and the u. k. have given loans to russian firms. you can now no longer service them . it's unclear exactly how much banks have loans to russian companies. but the experts of putting this number somewhere in the 10s of billions of yours. then there is of course, the potential for sovereign debt, default rushes central bank account access. it's assets abroad on his own course to miss re payments to its creditors. now russia currently owes nearly $50000000000.00 to lenders in the west payments are due within the next 2 weeks, one for $100000000.00 in interest. another of over 2.