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Compatriots who previously left for Georgia are returning to Russia en masse due to the protests in Tbilisi. A traffic jam has formed at the Upper Lars checkpoint, eyewitnesses report.
— Due to the protests in Georgia, a traffic jam has formed at the Upper Lars checkpoint. Everyone wants to enter the territory of Russia,” writes Izvestia in their TG channel.
On the night of March 8, mass protests began in the Georgian capital. The reason for this was the adoption by parliament of the Foreign Agents Act. The head of state, Salome Zurabishvili, supported the protesters, promising to block the veto law, but that did not calm the activists. Protests continued on March 8. The opposition gave the authorities an hour to withdraw the document from parliament and release the previously detained protesters.
Earlier, Glavny Regionalny reported that after the mobilization began, Georgia became a popular destination for Russians who decided to leave the country. A total of 700,000 people have left Russia since September 2022, according to Forbes.
