Georgia is one of the countries where the Russians flee from mobilization. What to do with a new "asset"
"Only Russians can be manifested at the same time refugees and occupiers," "Putine, return to us at least Samachablo (the historical name of South Ossetia)! We are no longer accommodated here," - soaked in irony and sadness of publication can be found in Georgian social networks. The situation is truly tragicomic. The central areas of Tbilisi after the first wave of mass movement of Russians, after February 24, 2022, were called "Moscow from Khachapuri".
But now the number of arrivals from the north is impressive even in the sleeping areas of the capital. What to do with it? The official Tbilisi, which in 2012 called the policy of unbeaten Moscow priority, is silent. The State Security Service has made a statement about the corresponding filter, through which every Russian citizen passes, made only on the sixth day after the announcement in the Russian Federation.
There was no reason to convene a meeting of the Security Council when the flow of Russians, who do not want to serve in the army of their own country against Ukraine, does not stop near the border with Georgia. By that time, deputies from the ruling party, the Georgian Dream assured that the queues on the border to "beautiful Georgia" were also observed in the summer months - in the tourist period.
How do Russians who run away from mobilization differ from those who are used to taking Georgia in the high season, and why do these people look here with fear? Before answering this question, I want to mention the episode of history - after the first and second Chechen wars, Georgia opened borders for people who fled from the outrages of the Russian army.
At that time, there were two types of Chechens in the Civic Memory: Johar Dudaev, President of the unrecognized Ichkeria, friend and associate of the first President of the Gamsakhuridi Zajadi, who brought Georgia independence, and "Chechen", whose personality is unknown. A fighter who danced the Lezginka near the burned government of the government in Sukhumi among the corpses of the shot members of the Abkhazia government - ethnic Georgians who refused to kneel before the enemy.
However, Georgia opened the door for the Chechens and gave refuge for thousands of women and children. What are we watching now? These are thousands of young people who are suitable for service in the army of men. Where will they go further and what when they settle in Georgia? How will the Kremlin use a new "asset" in a country that so dreams of subordinating to itself again? There are reasons for fear.
After a full -scale invasion of Ukraine, international media wrote that Russian special services were recruiting oppositionists, sending them to Georgia - to monitor the rest of the disagreements and transmit information to Moscow.
How many personnel and freelance employees of the game and their curators have leaked into the territory of Georgia in the last seven days? What will be the numerous Avita in our country and is it threatened with state security? I would like to hear the answers at least some of these questions. There is another aspect - social. Are the Russians who came to Georgia are ready to integrate? What we see now is a class of consumption that is not brought in return.
We see new cafes and bars, where little or not talk in general, coworking, where you will find only Russians, kindergartens and secondary schools that work under the Russian Ministry of Education Program, and therefore-study the history of Russia and the world through Kremlin propaganda prism. Probably, in these textbooks, the Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia are occupied - independent republics recognized by Moscow.
Thousands of Russians heading to Georgia do not hide in their publications that they have never heard of occupation, warn of the need to remove the Z and V stickers from the cars, St. George's tapes. Szaparghers write about how to answer questions on the Georgian border about Crimea, Sukhumi and Tshinvalva. Yes, without the official teaching of the authorities, Georgian border guards are leading their small but very important war against the lie that the Kremlin kills the heads of its citizens.