What would happen if one of their teachers in russia echoed putin s propaganda that this war is just. he knows what s really going, and he will say, no, you are not right. and it could be trouble for him. you are worried that your son would have problems? yes. so the family left for georgia just a few days after the war began though anya isn t completely convinced that they will be safe here either. if no one stops putin, she says, he can easily go both to georgia and to the west. and she is not alone in her fears. georgians have a long, brutal history with russia. russian troops invaded in 2008, and thousands of troops remain in two breakaway provinces of georgia. in 1989 in the capital of tbilisi, nearly two dozen protesters were killed and hundreds were injured by soviet troops as they advocated for independence. people gathered over the weekend outside the parliament building
Former soviet repick. they wonder what happens if they become putin s next target again. some of them spoke to cnn s matt rivers. he was born in georgia, he just didn t think he d be back here quite yet. his family moved to russia 30 years ago fleeing the georgian civil war. it was in moscow they built a life where he met his wife an ya and where his kids were born. he s told them the truth about the horrors in the current war in ukraine, and says he worried what would happen if one of their teachers in russia echoed putin s propaganda that this war is just. he knows what s really going, and he will say, no, you are not right. and it could be trouble for him. you were worried that your son would have problems? yes, yes. wow. reporter: so the family left for georgia just a few days after the war began though anya isn t completely convinced they will be safe here either.
Propaganda that this war is just. he knows what is really going. and he will say no. you are not right. and it will be trouble for him. reporter: you are worried about your son. yes, yes. reporter: so the family left for georgia a if you days after the war began. though anya isn t completely sure they ll be safe here either. if no one stops putin, she says, he can easily go both to georgia and the west. and she is not alone in her fears. georgians have a long brutal history with russia. russian troops invaded in 2008 and thousands of troops remain in two breakaway provinces of georgia. in 1989, in the capital, nearly two dozen protesters were killed and hundreds were injured by soviet troops as they advocated for independence. people gathered over the weekend outside the parliament building to mark the anniversary of that massacre. georgian flags this year joined