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Russian Deserters in Georgia

November 25, 2022

In late September, Russian President Putin ordered a partial mobilization to deploy more soldiers to Ukraine. But many Russians defied that order and fled the country – as many as half a million to date.

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Russische Männer; die vor der Mobilmachung nach Georgien geflohen sind
Image: Oxana Evdokimova/DW

Some 100,000 Russian deserters have fled to Georgia so far. The nation maintains very close, but also rather strained relations with its neighbor – after all the most recent war with Russia wasn’t that long ago. Just how welcome are the deserting Russians? How are they faring in a foreign country after an often-risky journey out of Russia? How are they getting along with the Ukrainian refugees also accepted in large numbers by Georgia?

DW reporter Oxana Evdokimova reports from the Georgian capital Tbilisi.

 

 

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