At Swampy yesterday waiting flight back to Phuket, a fella and his wife grabbed a seat next to me. Many folks there had transit stickers on, I asked where you arriving from. He said Russia with a small smile. They were from Vladisvostok ( near North Korean border/ Sea of Japan ), using his translation app - their escape began 5-6 weeks ago, they flew to Georgia spent a month there then on to Dubai and here. He had a military service background and would be sent to Ukraine to fight. I asked what they do for visa he said something about education visa. Obviously they have no idea when returning. Had a look at some of his photos on his mobile of better days - boating and water skiing in the Sea of Japan and snowmobiling on Sakhalin Island, I would say he was about 35 years of age....