People attend a ceremony to pay tribute to fallen Georgian military volunteers Gia Beriashvili and Davit Ratiani, who joined Ukrainian armed forces, were killed during Ukraine-Russia conflict and were repatriated to homeland, at an airport in Tbilisi, Georgia, March 24, 2022. A placard reads: "We'll lay down soul, body for our freedom!" (Reuters)
A few days after Russia invaded Ukraine, Dimitry, an IT worker from St. Petersburg, was confronted with a stark choice: move to Tbilisi or lose his job.
With Western nations imposing sanctions on Russia, the multinational he worked for told staff it would be closing its Russian operations and moving to the Georgian capital.
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