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‘We fight propaganda with art’: the Georgian festival hitting back at Putin

In a giant former Coca-Cola factory, Georgian and Ukrainian artists united for Culture Week Tbilisi, a show of defiance and solidarity that captured the harrowing reality of life under siege

The Guardian - UK

From Russia with cash: Georgia booms as Russians flee Putin's war

As war chokes Europe, a small nation wedged beneath Russia is enjoying an unexpected economic boom.

Reuters

'I don't want to shoot anybody': war-averse Russians seek sanctuary in Georgia

Igor Tikhiy, a 49-year-old marketing professional, has a simple answer to the question of why he fled to Georgia last week, crossing the border in the dead of night on his bicycle.

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Russia’s military call-up is having major repercussions almost everywhere but the Ukrainian battlefield

TBILISI, Georgia — Less than three weeks ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the call-up of 300,000 men to bolster army ranks decimated by battlefield routs in Ukraine. Now, in an extraordinary exodus, waves of fighting-age men have fled Russia in what appear to be roughly those same numbers.

Los Angeles Times

Georgia’s rebel wheat farmers fight against dependence on Russia

Georgia relies on Russian wheat but as the Ukraine war drags on, local farmers are strengthening the domestic market.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine war: I've just returned from Georgia where they are angry about the conflict and fear an invasion

Arriving in the middle of the night at my Tbilisi hotel recently for a research project, I was told that my reservation had been rescinded and the hotel was now fully booked. A huge busload of Russian men had arrived at the hotel before me and were willing to pay…

The Conversation

Russians flock to Georgia, again, as Putin escalates war

New waves of Russians have arrived in Georgia, desperate to avoid joining troops in Ukraine.

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Russians flee to Georgia after Putin's mobilisation order

Russian men are fleeing into neighbouring Georgia to avoid being called-up to fight in a war they do not agree with following Russian President Vladimir Putin's order to mobilise hundreds of thousands of reservists for the conflict in Ukraine.

Reuters

‘There were hundreds of us’: Navalny ex-staffer tells of being FSB informer

Former anti-corruption activist who has fled to Netherlands tells how Russian state infiltrated opposition

The Guardian - UK

From Troon to Tbilisi: Ayrshire cousins conquer Mongol Rally in style as Nissan Micra 'turns heads' in Monte Carlo

Chris Johnston-Marr and Marc Tracey have conquered a journey round Europe and covered 20 countries in 28 days.

Daily Record

Is the cashless society coming or going?

The Guardian - UK

Robbed ex-official stuck in Georgia

A retired Thai official who was mugged in Tbilisi last month and has not been allowed by the Georgian police to leave the Caucasus country is calling on Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai to step in to help him return to Thailand as quickly as possible.

Bangkok Post

‘Before Bucha in Ukraine, there was Abkhazia in Georgia’

Thirty years after the war in Georgia’s breakaway territory of Abkhazia, victims are still waiting for justice.

Al Jazeera

Georgians rally en mass for EU, urge government to quit

Tbilisi (AFP) - Georgians staged a new mass rally on Sunday demanding that the government resign over its failure to formally secure candidacy for membership of the European Union.

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Newcastle Herald

Beqa earns national call-up

NEWCASTLE Jets' player of the year Beqa Mikeltadze has capped a breakout first season in the A-League with a recall to the Georgian national team.

The Conversation

Russia’s aggression against Ukraine pits Georgians against government

It is commonplace these days to invoke the fears that Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has awoken in Eastern Europe. With the 2008 invasion still fresh in the minds, the Black Sea nation of Georgia is also bracing itself against the Russian bear.

Reuters

The underground networks of Russians helping Ukrainian refugees

Ukrainian refugees who reluctantly find themselves under Moscow’s rule are receiving help from an unlikely quarter: networks of Russian volunteers helping those displaced by the war to leave Russia.

Bangkok Post

Russians switch to homegrown social media amid Ukraine crackdown

TBILISI/BERLIN: When YouTube stopped users in Russia from monetising their clips following the invasion of Ukraine, George Kavanosyan, a Moscow-based environmentalist with 60,000 followers on the platform tried to switch to its local equivalent, RuTube.

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AFP

Viruses that could save millions of lives

Tbilisi (AFP) - It may seem strange after a pandemic that has killed millions and turned the world upside down, but viruses could save just as many lives.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia’s War Migrants Find Mixed Reception in Georgia

A few days after Russia invaded Ukraine, Dimitry, an IT worker from St.

AFP

Georgia to apply 'immediately' for EU membership

Tbilisi (AFP) - Georgia will "immediately" apply for EU membership, the Black Sea nation's ruling party said Wednesday, a day after the European Parliament backed war-torn Ukraine's bid to apply for EU membership.

The Guardian - UK

The solace for young Russians like me is that Putin is also digging his own grave in Ukraine

When sanctions bite and hard times hit the country, people will lose their fear. Then Putin will be finished, says Sergey Faldin, a writer and podcaster based in Tbilisi, Georgia

Al Jazeera

The war on gender: An unholy east-west crusade

Global web of ultraconservative groups is identified in EU and its fringe working to weaken democracy and human rights.

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