Since Russia invaded Ukraine, Georgia’s capital has become one of the most interesting places on Earth. Much of Russia’s cultural and intellectual elite artists, writers, journalists, actors, directors, philosophers and professors has poured in.
Enter a cafe, and you inevitably hear Russian and recognize someone you know. Cozy, picturesque Tbilisi is small, with everything in easy sight. There are countless Ukrainian national flags with slogans expressing support for the country, and there are messages scrawled on the fences and walls of houses: “Fuck Putin,” “Fuck Russia” or “Russian warship, go fuck yourself.”
That last epithet the response
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