is to say, oh, don't be afraid to make you say nothing can soften. that is your ride. i am actually to feel and found her. so for taking joe with me, her women, india into this week. as news of the butcher massacre comes in, crowds gather for a vigil outside the ukrainian embassy in tbilisi. the event organized by russians living in georgia or 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 with his name and i see what's happening now is unbearable. horror and haines. i don't know. the boy, i'm speechless. i mean, you are to him 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, ogle tens of thousands of russians have already arrived. people here are afraid that hootin could invade to rescue them. that's the way it always goes. it is in that process for. mm.

hello. it's noon in tbilisi. hundreds of people have gathered outside the orthodox cash that he church to honor a georgian killed while fighting as a volunteer in the ukraine war. igor, corrupt of, as 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 rushes, war of aggression. the fallen soldier, w. rattie. annie was a friend of e gore's because 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 of a free segue of great, and that makes the tragedy 10 times worse. my,

this is new to people like this deserve respect aid. 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 read just over the war against ukraine is also a war against georgia. i now got a new showed us at the why 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 is widespread fear that moscow could occupy the whole of georgia underwood would have been since moving to georgia . igor has led the caucuses division of the free russia foundation, and 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 in his room will be hooton's. regime is not only killing ukrainians. they're also killing russians in ukraine, that thou, as many of them are in cave and other ukrainian cities. but that's what they're trying to help better because they now see the country as their home. that will, if i am gone, 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 evan. his staff helped the newer travels 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 of 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. jacob's club. yeah. ah, for my own sources informed me that the authorities were preparing criminal charges against me. yellow globe now he nor he approached porno, still i realized it would be more effective to leave you to continue my work here.

you can go to prison, go co video or to you for lola's and him of stamps from those english. marcia christiana and av is a photojournalist. he was interrogated by the fs. 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 wish i saw her mother didn't want the family to be separated. so she came to georgia too, with lisa's younger siblings. if that night, a thing to me was that we are altogether anything that have been mentioned to him. you have it understand that you can be arrested at any time in russia be more than 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 moyer boss question the hoarded

so. don't cause a thought on that chair to suddenly he 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 edlio show would have to speak georgian. so tanya is homeschooling them at the kitchen table. this song lends itself to spelling practice on that if they study and it's about piece of yeah. and that wealth and material things don't matter that you did that with me. love a family thing that matters. so business i, even though i was 90, was 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 it. they said that was we learned in the crack of dawn. the 1st place we stayed him was unbearable. it was minus 6 outside, but there was no heating in the building and the toilet was on the street. this rented apartment is nice and warm. everything works and the children have their own room that did was very low. you. 17 year old marina helps to cook some traditional bush, a taste of home that will do them all good. for the last hour they lose marina had to leave her friends behind various. 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, i didn't. 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 on the bus. 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 is ready and 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. i am a possession as long as it me i can help mother say

a teen which would also give me a big list if them, if it might not work out as we not really welcome as ration saith of masses is amazing effectively. so if we need to be prepared for that spoke of like the faddle . 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 2 cove and alexi blash and off 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 tramp that the q r code conceals what's actually behind it. it says it's about a music platform. what of, of them are in russian. many music platforms are no longer available and those like, but it's a kind of bait mancha at the video. and all this video is aimed at old russians. ah, of course, i can't agree with everything in its surgical marker. yeah. yeah. but i certainly don't deny responsibility for what's happening, mccoy se, this is a, but we are all responsible love of c a 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 or they school

know this is my room, but those are not my things share. i was kind of what, 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 in his pocket. in the face, do you have pots and pans? ah, yes, look, a fan, covert to coffee pots, and can cook for many. and the bigger ones, is me wooded. have you already tried it? die? yes, you have a good many. you just the, that's all russians need to survive. i did the pair, don't want to just sit around while and 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 there, she provided they're still alive and not in jail by then. when i bought speak it a fog of the homework, writing privilege, sure with by the people will be interviewing for this project at the kind of people who have already been expressing their opinion about to putin regime for decades. ah, good idea of who just clearing the postal door r t m has discovered a bookshop where he can by literature band and russia. in one book he surprised to find a chapter about his grandmother. anna al 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 does jessica. 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 river's 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 reparable, and her grandson is now fighting the futon 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, that i have, but thou senior, do it that with the bus lydia. i tried to stay in russia for as long as possible to speak up. there was kazul simila, 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 next i'll, i can continue my campaigning. if you look of when we could have civil rights, where did you missed the friends head off our tim has something planned later in

the day. ego or 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 travel 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 when they visit them and bring them something nice, a gift or some food. what the biggest effect, osha, the people they are live in really tough conditions, almost visible on which little blue blue deal. with vanessia 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 guy in the smartest while on the road. you look around and you know, there are russian tanks not far from here. no. got. it makes me feel very emotional . more than logan, which of the got the somehow you have to let it out, almost annoyed when i say this is where russian troops, our troops have a legally 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 controlled south. oh set. 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? say this is my bag for you. lots of chocolate thought that. thank you. i'll click on that, is the renovation going well? do the children a rainy? please stay on happy tea cup. so to he is $37.00. 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 sinner suck. 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 have no idea about the russian occupation of georgia clay readily enough. it says time we met him, we noticed that the glories difference. we only found out later that he was russian . she speaks georgie in very well. faith. you can't tell that he's russian. conduct a film about it. well, ah! back in sibley. see, 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. party him and supervising the campaign way from would your video be sure, but as a controller who writes letters to political prisoners and russia and, and bella roost, it's mostly political refugees from russia who come here or do they come and write letters to people. they don't know personally on fi swishy. we try to read to all of them each more. they're the ones who represent the true russia compose the people who would never have allowed this war to happen. let's. yeah. i'd like to kid big authority of english this. the issue of ashika butts, i'm not allowed to say had the letters reached them over from good. ah, the team have 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 order lisa and her boyfriend basil. 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 boss ya. we had little bullish blow. oh yeah, i was very unwell. i consulted a psychologist and took all kinds of pills. you have to love it and they prescribed antidepressants, but i didn't take them. i pretty strong,

initializing. it beat the doors, but i decided to drink alcohol. and stella, you of she have a little of polk would again to give this up. that award after vos you left. i had just didn't get out of bed, buckle. yes, julio, love she any more law states grow or tim? ah, 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. yeah. i think i said i 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 receive the last day what. how did you feel

boylen, you, brianna? i felt pain. it and our knees. yeah, absolutely. and that comes from the russians being the ones who occupied the area here, we'll get you to do it fast. you took some amazing photos. wilson's putin has done a lot of damage in the po, soviet regions. little again, this is eager door. this is the family he's helping. the house is right on the border to the occupied area of comfortable these hills are under the control of russian troops. so it's the weekend and tbilisi r t m and alexi are about to make their 1st video reporting and e gore's free russia foundation studio. a camera man is available along with the equipment that alexi and our team need for their project. 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 schuessler. are you in russia right now to just he squint threw it in. i just ran yet. elizabeth. exactly lies. are in obligatory part of the propaganda here. it's very difficult to live with because that turning people crazy if bits of little you see people who are quite normal 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 lucel. i'm at the throne of which provincial this video is dedicated to the

citizens of russia. he, according to the poles, was 83 per cent of russian support. the policies of vladimir putin at christian philanthropy might look on the internet and see who he is describing as nationalists, suitable to put a women and children who have fled 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 a meet up with their georgian friend key or d. with me, i was to no student, but i a boon when it was in the bookshop today, someone called and told me, i have to leave the apartment and pay for one month said, you know why nanny sniffled. they didn't explain why, but they wanted me to move out. so the young men trust each other now, but the way the 2 russians and the george and met is another story

going okay, so do through germany, the for good. well, i came into the store on there were a few russian guys that told him that they were fooling around and being loud. 0, one of them said, i feel i come on vacation here with us also don't like that. i was annoyed that someone could say such a thing in war time, especially when it's their country's fault. i'm the sure sure to go to your di 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 a means that you're not welcome in our country. so you may say that you're not legitimate a 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 word that i don't like, how do always, i shall, russian responded to the post and said it was always, we know that we russians a bad and a we started a war. 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 i don't show one, but then i checked his profile and found a video of him crying saying why i had to leave his family behind. i meant 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 on this. i want it to show the around to blessing 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, russia has a fascist regime than one that has to be overthrown on. don't know what bro furnished bowden. we cannot live a normal life until that happens. more than we fiddle with it. i don't know if or when that will happen, that his, 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. let's go down to jo modem. otherwise this war will never end. and will be standing here crying my words, this with margie pockets. diane margie, shut up, a joke. around $400.00 russians have gathered at the impromptu vigil including our tim and alexi, and tanya with her children. you know what's important, i'm your teeth agonizing. i see what's happening now is unbearable. horror hutton's pain. i bet i didn't now was a boy. i'm speechless. i ran yet with

no similar little slip. i'm shot too soon. 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, it will decision to go on. it is in human, wasn't otherwise enough to them. when i was from traditional, 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

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