“Sufficient of
Putin! Down with the tsar! Russia can be free!” is the mantra from a number of hundred
Russians which have gathered in central Tbilisi – the capital of Georgia – at noon in the present day.
Folks have been holding anti-war placards, whereas others have been persevering with to make posters on web site.
Anton has been making a poster with crimson marker pen that reads “Putin is a killer”.
My feeling is that blood is dripping from this particular person, Anton says.
Then I spoke to Lidia, who made it to Georgia only a week in the past. Again residence she was beneath investigation and accused of discrediting the Russian Military for writing anti-war posts on social media.
“I couldn’t keep silent, I used to be seeing within the information that they have been killing youngsters in Ukraine, and I’ve small children,” she says.
Lidia additionally says the Russian authorities (Investigative Committee) have summoned her nine-year previous youngster to be questioned and to provide proof in opposition to her. The letter Z was written on the door of her home.
She needed to get out and says her youngsters are nonetheless traumatised by the expertise.
Most of the Russians in Georgia really feel powerless as a result of they cannot vote, there isn’t a Russian embassy right here and no diplomatic ties because the 2008 Russo-Georgian struggle.
But when they did get an opportunity to vote, they are saying they’d vote for anyone however Vladimir Putin.