Berlin Ten kilometers from Bornholm, the waves are getting higher and the gusts are getting stronger. Soon the upper deck of the ferry is deserted. Some passengers of the “Finnstar” are in their cabins, others are reading in the on-board café, dinner will be served soon.
Kristina B. sits with her daughter in the ship’s own children’s playground. “My heart is still in Russia, but my mind wanted to leave,” she says, looking through the picture window at the Baltic Sea. “Maybe I won’t see Russia for a long time.”
Kristina B., 32 years old, is an ear, nose and throat doctor from St. Petersburg. Because the Russian army can draft not only able-bodied men, but also women of certain professions in an emergency, she left home a few days ago with her four-year-old daughter.
On this October day, the two travel on the “Finnstar” from Helsinki to Lübeck. Her husband, who once served as a sniper in the Russian army, left the country earlier.
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