Thousands of Russians are traveling to Georgia to flee their own government

Mary Louise Kelly
Kat Lonsdorf
Courtney Dorning

March 21, 2022 / 1:51 pm

More than 30,000 Russians have arrived in the country of Georgia since Russia invaded Ukraine. Russians are fleeing not war, but their own government. And they say they can't go back.

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