“*’We do not want so many Russian people to live in Georgia because Putin can one day say that he must defend his citizens and bomb our country!!!’, wrote one of the nearly 16,000 signatories of an online petition demanding the introduction of a visa regime with Russia*”.
They have a reason to be concerned given that the Kremlin has been using this excuse to steal land from Georgia and Ukraine and harass other countries… Though it must suck really hard for those good Russians that want nothing else but to escape their regime and find a safe haven where they won’t be persecuted for disagreeing with Putler. An effort to show they won’t turn against their Georgian hosts needs to be made, once bitten twice shy.
Given what Russia did to them in 2008, wouldn’t be surprised to see citizens giving cold shoulder to Russians.
Just say the word, immigrants, not emigres, not expats, immigrants. Because that’s the word used for any non white group, it’s time to stop being exclusive with terminology
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“*’We do not want so many Russian people to live in Georgia because Putin can one day say that he must defend his citizens and bomb our country!!!’, wrote one of the nearly 16,000 signatories of an online petition demanding the introduction of a visa regime with Russia*”.
They have a reason to be concerned given that the Kremlin has been using this excuse to steal land from Georgia and Ukraine and harass other countries… Though it must suck really hard for those good Russians that want nothing else but to escape their regime and find a safe haven where they won’t be persecuted for disagreeing with Putler. An effort to show they won’t turn against their Georgian hosts needs to be made, once bitten twice shy.
Given what Russia did to them in 2008, wouldn’t be surprised to see citizens giving cold shoulder to Russians.
Just say the word, immigrants, not emigres, not expats, immigrants. Because that’s the word used for any non white group, it’s time to stop being exclusive with terminology