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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 · Nov 5, 2022

'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.

Reuters · Oct 10, 2022

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 · Oct 8, 2022

‘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 · Aug 26, 2022

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 · Aug 23, 2022

Is the cashless society coming or going?

Brief letters: Coins or cards? | Jeremy Clarkson’s A-levels | Michael Gove | Remainer headgear | A 48% tattoo | From Hastings to Tbilisi

The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2022

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 · Aug 17, 2022

‘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 · Aug 5, 2022

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.

Newcastle Herald · May 23, 2022

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.

The Conversation · May 12, 2022