ah, listen carefully. don't know how do you live to tackle? ah, feel, the magic discover the world around you? ah, subscribe to d w documentary on youtube. as news of the boucher massacre comes in, crowds gather for a vigil outside the ukrainian embassy in tbilisi. the event organized by russians living in georgia and russia has a fascist regime in one that has to be overthrown. these russians have fled putin's

repressive rule and come to georgia and among them people like tanya and her children. and i see what's happening now is unbearable. horror and pain. i don't know, the boy, i'm speechless. i mean, you are jim and alexi have also been trying to settle here since the war broke out . back in moscow, they faced the threat of being arrested. but russians are not necessarily welcome and georgia posters on the streets boast special offers for the new arrivals. but the links present them with images of the war accompanied by captions. eager corrupt to have has been living in tbilisi for 10 years now. he's happy to help his compatriots glue. in addition to google, tens of thousands of russians have already arrived. people here are afraid that putin could invade, to rescue them. that's the way it always goes. it is connecticut.

mm. it's the gore. corruptive is among the mourners. back home, he worked as a media producer, but the restrictions on press freedom in russia heavily impeded his work. there are many georgians risking their lives in ukraine to stop russia's war of aggression. the fallen soldier, w rattie. annie was a friend of e. gore's guys. some fox though must have some of my closest friends are now actually fighting my own countrymen, who are part of this aggressive invasion of ukraine. i thought a brief recycling of gray, and that makes the tragedy 10 times worse. now this is new to people like this deserve respect a, their families deserve all the support they can get

a but from the people, as well as from the georgia government of a and i hope they get it when i request over the war against ukraine is also a war against georgia, i now got a new showed up at the y and i go to the georgia has experienced war itself with russia in recent memory. following that invasion in august 2008. the russian military did not fully withdraw. and the regions of south o santia and og kasha are still occupied. there's wide spread fear that moscow could occupy the whole of georgia. i wonder what would happen since moving to georgia. e. gore has led the caucuses division of the free russia foundation, an independent organisation funded by donations. the group promotes democratic development in russia and supports opposition to putin. these flowers are in remembrance to exxon about lena. the independent russian journalist was killed during shelling by russian forces while reporting from cave wouldn't get

his room will be hooton's. regime is not only killing ukrainians. they're also killing russians in ukraine that there so many of them are in cave and other ukrainian cities. but that's the whole market. they're trying to help better because they now see the country as their home. that them, if i am gorman, the war has also made life more dangerous. for many russians in russia, around 40000 of them fled to georgia in the 1st weeks of the war. their 1st port of call is often the free russia foundation. eager, corrupt evans, his staff helped the new arise bulls to find their feet in georgia. the 1st thing igor has to explain to his compatriots is why they're not always welcomed with open arms in georgia. in order to ship will go football. tens of thousands of russians have already arrived with them, with some people here are afraid that potent could invade to rescue them. another

was said, that's the way it always goes. that's why we often here we go back to russia and take on putin you. why have you come to georgia to our tampa to cops? freedom was at stake in russia. he was a member of an opposition party and active in the anti war movement. and one day, a heavily armed special police unit was standing at his door. but he said we were in the loop. the police were round for days after i left the country, they even asked my relatives about my whereabouts. jacobs closer together for my own sources, informed me that the authorities were preparing criminal charges against me. della gold. now he nor your prost porno, still i realized it would be more effective to leave and you can continue my work here. you can go to prison, go co video critique, polonium of stamps from those english vizier, christiane, and av as a photojournalist. he was interrogated by the f. s. b security service who tried to

blackmail him into becoming an informant. he fled to georgia 6 months ago. after the war broke out his girlfriend, lisa followed him. he is emily's and i was afraid i would never see vesee again. we did. bush of i saw her mother didn't want the family to be separated. so she came to georgia to with lease as younger siblings. if that invite a thing to me was that we are all together. it's him that when you mentioned to him, you have it are stunned that you can be arrested at any time in russia. the more the more have read that yet hung you boy, my man. ah, the fact that lisa is in a relationship with me is reason enough. ease of re more boss missed in the honda? because the thought on that chair to some, like he

say in moscow, tanya worked as a nutritionist. she separated from her husband a while ago. he supports the children with his income on in the young to attend school. here yasha and lucia would have to speak georgian, so tanya is homeschooling, them at the kitchen table. this song lends itself to spelling practice and that if they study, yeah, it's about piece of yeah. and that wealth and material things don't matter that you didn't know what the me love a family thing that matters. so business i, even though i was not what leaving russia i'm giving up their old life has been a sacrifice for each family member their 1st days and georgia. we're particularly hard every year for advice. if it was we leonard, and the crack of dawn,

the 1st place we stayed in was unbearable. it was minus 6 outside, but there was no heating in the building and the toilet was on the street. this, this rent department is nice and warm. everything works. and the children have their own room that didn't was very low. you. 17 year old marina helps to cook some traditional bush, a taste of home that will do them all. good. funny enough that way. there's marina had to leave her friends behind venice. it's hard for every one. the children are aware that we've lost something, both of them. most of them have a good at him. ah, tanya shares the 5 room apartment with olga barrow bon over and her 2 children. money is tight. i didn't that might what marina has made a start with the bush that like tanya and her children, olga also comes from moscow. she was a successful business woman. they are producing high tech wheelchairs after she

took part in anti war protests. the authorities put pressure on her and her family . she gave everything up, but she doesn't want to stay in georgia unless you see the plaintiff. but there's a notice up here in the corridor saying that 20 percent of georgia is occupied and russians are therefore not welcome here. 6 months, but i'm not ashamed of being russian. i didn't vote for this president and his government. i'm not responsible for their actions with the bush, his ready in time for lunch. tanya can imagine living for a long time in georgia with her children. ideally she'd work as a nutritionist for children and families, but yes, as long as it's 8, i can help mother say a teen which would also give me a big list. you said it might not work out as we not really welcome as ration saith of masses is amazing of activities, which if we need to be prepared for that so kind of like, what are the saddle?

ah, tanya has baked a cake for her eldest daughter, lisa lives with her boyfriend vasa, the photojournalist on the opposite side of the city. georgia is a popular refuge for russians as they can enter the country without a visa, a policy that georgia hoped would attract russian tourists. now, many political refugees are coming instead are sam for to cobb and alexi villasenor are among them. they're both opposed to the war and are members of the opposition from moscow. both were threatened with prison there and fled to tbilisi at very short notice. but these posters all over the city are a rude awakening. and english and russian, they promised discounts for concerts in russian. but instead the q r codes take you to this war footage from ukraine with the message. it's not just

putin's fault, never before the so it's a kind of trapped of the q r code conceals what's actually behind it. it says it's about a music platform. what about with in russian? many music platforms are no longer available. those like but it's a kind of bait mancha at the. busy video and all this video is aimed at old russians. ah, of course. yeah. i can't agree with everything in its surgical america. yeah. yeah . but i certainly don't deny responsibility for what's happening. like a quote, obviously. but we are all responsible. lots of c o r t m has very limited savings and is glad that his friends were able to help him find a cheap apartment. the rents for russians are often overpriced dish, so they school know this is my room, but those are not my thinks. sure. i could have it. here is the bed.

oh is that the apartment is in a poor state. the owners have lived abroad for many years. there's no shower, no hot water, and no heating. some of the window panes are missing and it's cold. art him can't afford even minor repairs. he arrived here from russia with no more than a tooth brush and a mobile phone and his pocket in the face. do you have pots and pans? ah, yes, look, a fanny covert chew, coffee pots, and you can cook for many and the bigger one is me, but it have you already tried it? die yes, the minute you just the, that's all russians need to survive. the pair don't want to just sit around while an exile they plan to set up a youtube channel for opposition, members and other people who have stayed in russia. their 1st video recording is scheduled for the weekend with 2 guests. went over that,

provided they're still alive and not in jail by then level. speaking of the homework, writing privilege, sure with by the people will be interviewing for this project and the kinds of people who have already been expressing their opinion about putin regime for decades. i'll give it up uh, because community mental shall do r t m has discovered a bookshop where he can buy literature band and russia. in one book he surprised to find a chapter about his grandmother. anal joke was an artist who fought for women's rights and against the supremacy of the russian orthodox church. persecuted by the putin regime. she emigrated to germany in 2007. ah she just yesterday, after a few months exile in berlin, she went out one day and disappeared over paula. 2 weeks later, her body was found in the rivers gray affair. oh, the story was in the german media, excuse me beside it. it still isn't clear whether it was suicide or murder,

mystery that bloom her grandson is now fighting the putin regime to the young journalist has been arrested several times. he, too, has opted for exile. yet it is, i'm as old as the putin regime. i feel free are here than in russia. what i'm doing is considered treason. there. i have with our senior do it that with the bus linear . i tried to stay in russia for as long as possible. went to speak up, there was causal, say, mila, but it would have been no use to anyone. if i'd stayed and ended up in prison, i think you thought if you wanna go in exile, i can continue my campaigning. if you look of when we got up civil rights, where did you missed the friends had off art him had something planned later in the day. he gore corruptive is on the road on a special mission. he and some colleagues from the free russia foundation are on

their way to some villages bordering the russian occupied region of south o. sacha. just a 90 minute drive from tbilisi. the exiled russians regularly traveled there to offer their support to the villagers, many of whom faced severe hardship. bethel to the russians who worked with us had befriended the villagers, but they visit them and bring them something nice, a gift or some food. what the baby, steve that osha the people, they are live in really tough conditions with almost done wish to rule flu deal with vos yet the photo journalist his also on the bus. he's been working for the free russia foundation since he arrived in georgia and reports on the areas affected by russian military presence. like e gore before them. most of the people on the bus have chosen georgia as their new home. oh, oh. oh

. the song is called sa, continental the name of the country in georgian age of the, in the small while on the road. you look around and you know, there are russian tanks not far from here. it makes me feel very emotional, more than logan, which of that got that somehow you have to let it out. almost annoyed the matter. this is where russian troops our troops have illegally occupied george in territory . at this moment, i feel more like a georgian. they arrive in the village of soccer and blow directly on the border to russian control south o sat here with the russian activists have brought along bags full of shopping for months. they've been giving this family their special attention and regularly donate money to them. the house is an urgent need of renovation

room. how are you doing her role? i'm ok. thanks. and you on the are they installing a shower here? yes sir. this is my bag for you. lots of chocolate thought. thank you. i'll click on that, is the renovation going well? did the children really please stay on happy tea cups to? he is 37. she's been a widow for years and is unemployed vasquez documenting everything for a photo essay. the georgia authorities have practically abandoned areas close to the russian occupation line. back in russia, igor tells us people have no idea about the conditions in this region. we're

not much of sinners, like we're just a few meters away from the occupation lines of the exiled russians who have lived in georgia a while know something about the situation. but those who have just arrived, who have no idea about the russian occupation of georgia, clearly even now it says time we met him, we noticed that e glories difference. we only found out later that he was russian. she speaks georgian very well. it is, i can't tell that he's russian conduct a stone nodded back into leafy, hidden in a back yard. and the old town is the store selling books band in russia. exiled russians run the store and collect donations for the families of ukrainian war victims. they also take sides with those subject to political persecution and russia. part him as supervising the campaign

way for william vigil bishop. but his uncle, who writes letters to political prisoners and russia and embellish bruce. it's mostly political refugees from russia who come here or did they come and write letters to people. they don't know personally empty wishy. we try to write to all of them krishi. they are the ones who represent the true russia compose the people who would never have allowed this war to happen much. yeah, i'd like to kick authority of looseness. they issued a shake of, but i'm not allowed to say had the letters reached them over from good ah, the team, i've written around 50 letters to day, which will soon be embarking on their mysterious journey to russia. the bookshop is open until midnight, and the entrance is marked by flags. the ukrainian one and the flag of russians opposed to putin's war. it's white, blue and white, the russian flag without red, the color of blood.

ah, tanya is on her way to visit her eldest daughter lisa and her boyfriend, vasa, she's baked them a cake. the young couple have found a small one room apartment and the old town of tbilisi. lisa is enrolled at a prestigious moscow art college. it's not yet clear whether she can complete her studies from georgia, but anything is better than being separated from bosnia italy, village global. yeah, i was very unwell. i consulted a psychologist and took all kinds of pills. the beloved kit of my w. they prescribed antidepressants, but i didn't take them. i pretty strong. initially he beat the doors, which i decided to drink alcohol. and stella, you have here, little poke, would again to give this and that avoid after vascular left. i just didn't get out

of bed, buckle. yes, julio, was she any more law states go or tim tanya does not regret her decision to leave moscow with the whole family and toe for her. it was out of the question to leave her 20 year old daughter to fend for herself. and she feels that lisa is finally getting better now that she's back with boss ya. my sick i. so how was your trip fast? yeah. one of the families living there are really poor. and now it's even more difficult for them because the georgia government is under a lot of pressure and they wish to learn to last day. what, how did you feel boylen you, brianna? i felt pain and unease. yes, absolutely. and that comes from the russians being the ones who occupied the area.

here, we'll get you to drink. vasquez took some amazing photos. putin has done a lot of damage in the post soviet regions from a great, this is eager dawn. this is the family he's helping. the house is right on the border to the occupied area of come through. these hills are under the control of russian troops. so yeah, it's the weekend and tbilisi, rpm and alexi are about to make their 1st video reporting and he gore's free russia foundation studio a camera man as available along with the equipment alexi and our team need for their project as a youtube channel in support of the anti war movement in russia, their 1st guest is lou markovich schlossberg, an opposition politician who does not want to leave his country. left markers. i was please tell us how you're feeling too. so are you in russia right now to just

he squeezed through it in addition, and yet it looked like exactly it lies. are an obligatory part of the propaganda here. it's very difficult to live with because that turning people crazy if it's of little you see people who are quite no one yesterday i went on to day. they want to see blood her with just one day before the video was posted online, schlossberg and his wife were arrested for allegedly defaming the russian army. next up is eager. corruptive. he too, is trying to send a wake up call to the population of his home country with his internet program. borders own little i at the throne, in which pasha, this video is dedicated to the citizens of russia. he, according to the polls, was 83 per cent of russian support. the policies of vladimir putin at griffin put

on there to pl smug. look on the internet and see who he is describing as nationalists, unable to look at a women and children who have pled ukraine for their lives. later in the day, this bar terrace is a popular gathering point for exiled russians in tbilisi, alexey and r t. m meet up with their georgian friend, he orgy with me. i was supposed to ward them, but gay, a boon when it was at the book shop today. someone called and told me, i have to leave the apartment and pay for one month, february. why? 9 in your be suitable, they didn't explain why, but they wanted me to move out. so the young men trust each other now, but the way the to russians and the george and met is another story going okay through through germany the for good. well, i came into the store on there were a few russian guys there. it told me that they were fooling around and being loud.

0, one of them said, i feel i come on vacation here with also got like that. i was annoyed that someone could say such a thing in wartime, especially when it's their country's fault. i'm the sure sure to do your d then posted a video on social media brushes just arrived in georgia. i take a look at this means that we're not your friends and it means that you're not welcome in our country. so you may say that you're not legitimate fortune and you don't want the word, but of course nobody's going to believing that. no. why? because you're saying it now, when you're losing the work that i've done, my cousin always, i shall, russian responded to the post and said, who are we still? we know that we russians a bad and a we started a bull. so i feel bad holding better issue that was at 1st i thought he was only saying it because he was scanned it on the phone with a medical delivery. my because they don't show up. but then i checked his profile on found a video of him crying, saying why had to leave his family behind me to get through them with you. we think

that i suggested to him and his friends thought yeoman alexi that we go for a walk or do something together. i wanted to show the around tbilisi monk on the men have been friends ever since to night. they arrange to meet the next day for an anti war protest organized by ego or corruptive and his people the following afternoon, outside the ukrainian embassy. people have now heard the terrible news from ukraine about the boot massacre. igor has cancelled the march. he'd planned, instead, candles are lit and flowers laid at the fence of the embassy pneumonia, butch vicki, but there must never be politicians like this again and again. oh, good robin. i've nothing matters. if we cannot speak the truth to apply, russia has a fascist regime than one that has to be overthrown. phone don't grow phone

historical. we cannot live a normal life until that happens. more than we fiddle, which i don't know if or when that will happen. that is him know you're sort of now we're abroad, but at some point i know we have to go back and bring down the regime. yeah, that's good. and that your modem, otherwise this war will never end of it and will be standing here crying. i'm, i'm with this with mog, you pockets, diane, margie shuttle to do it around 400 russians have gathered at the impromptu vigil including our gym and alexi, and tanya with her children you know what's important, i'm your teacher agonizing. i see what's happening now is unbearable. horror and pain. i but i didn't now was of the board. i'm speechless with most dollars, which was good. i'm shock. of course i want nothing to do with them. i'm so sorry.

it's a disgrace. it's awful that the, it goes against the human nature of the citizen. i'm single mom. it is in human wasn't as i think enough to the merchant register, you can call this genocide efficiency. but anyway, i'm sorry that my countrymen are involved, the ability to traverse even if they're new, george and friend key yorkie has not turned up as planned. at the very least, the 2 young men know they are not alone here. ah ah ah ah, ah,

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