Giorgi Vashadze demands to close the Georgian border for Russian citizens
26.09.2022 14:49
News-Georgia
“In recent days, tens of thousands of Russian citizens have been entering Georgia every day, and there is a huge queue at the checkpoint in Lars. Therefore, the Agmashenebeli Strategy requires an immediate temporary closure of the border for Russian citizens,” Vashadze said.
According to him, only three categories of citizens should be allowed into Georgia from the Russian Federation: citizens of Georgia and ethnic Georgians living in the Russian Federation, as well as citizens of the Russian Federation in special cases, which are explained by “humanitarian purposes”.
The leader of the “Strategy Agmashenebeli” called on citizens to sign a petition regarding the closure of the border for Russian citizens.
The Georgian government and the ruling Georgian Dream party have repeatedly stated that they are not going to introduce visas for Russian citizens or somehow restrict their entry into the country.
Since September 21, on the Georgian-Russian land border on Upper Lars, many kilometers of queues of citizens of the Russian Federation wishing to leave for Georgia have appeared. Partial mobilization has been announced in Russia since September 21 – the authorities announced that they were going to send 300,000 people to fight in Ukraine. After the mobilization was announced, tens of thousands of Russians began to leave the country.
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