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23 sty 2024 · Official statistics indicate that more than 30,000 Russians left Georgia in 2023, slashing the number of wartime immigrants by almost one-third, writes Davis Center alum Joshua Kucera.
21 sty 2024 · Once attracted to Georgia as an easy, relatively welcoming refuge from a homeland where they felt increasingly estranged, Russians here have complained of hostility from regular Georgians and...
29 wrz 2022 · Russia’s much-feared state security service, the FSB, has reportedly sent their people to Georgia to keep tabs on Russian exiles. And the government, led by the Georgian Dream party, has been...
In 2022, thousands of Russians fled to Georgia, especially Russian men of fighting age, in order to escape mobilization in the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. During the Soviet period, most Russians were urban dwellers and made up a disproportionately high percentage of the urban population.
6 paź 2022 · The exact number of Russians who came to stay in Georgia prior to mobilization has been a matter of dispute, with estimates varying from 20,000 to more than 40,000. On top of that, Georgia is...
The warnings for Russian tourists from the country's state media are stark: travelling to Georgia is no longer safe, some tourists have even been attacked.
6 lis 2023 · The Impact of Russian Migration in Georgia. Many Russians relocated to Georgia following the invasion of Ukraine, with hundreds of thousands arriving since the war began. While the influx had economic benefits, it also raised some security concerns.
