INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Sitting at a windswept terrace of a tiny bar in Georgia's capital Tbilisi, Russian exile Roman Mikhailov said he had no choice but to leave
his country "immediately" when Moscow invaded Ukraine.The 25-year-old logistics manager said the attack on Ukraine, which shocked the world,
seen in recent years, has been jailed and his political organizations banned.There are few routes out of Russia for those wishing to leave
not to return home to Saint Petersburg, Russia's second city, and turned her break into "an immigration."It will be "impossible to live in
Russia," the 26-year-old said
had begun," said Denys Sinyakov, a 44-year-old who works in cinema.That day he was filming the timeless frescoes of the Dormition Cathedral
in the city of Vladimir outside Moscow, regarded as the mother church of Mediaeval Russia."I was looking at those frescoes and it was such a
of shock was worsened by the fact that his wife is Ukrainian."My country attacked my wife's country
I have no moral right to stay in Russia," he said.Sinyakov said he left behind a newly-built house, where the couple was "dreaming to
ATM, debating an invasion that has forced so many into immigration."I fully support Putin
He does what is good for Russia's interests," said Larisa Shubova, a 55-year-old businesswoman
"Let the world see our might.""What 'might' are you talking about?" 34-year-old engineer Pavel Gruzdev retorted angrily
"Russia is an outcast now."'We are pariahs'The influx of Russians has also sparked mixed feelings among Georgians.Tbilisi has seen
near-daily mass rallies in solidarity with Ukraine since Moscow stunned the world with its full-scale attack.Georgia itself saw a Russian
introduce a visa regime for Russian nationals and tougher immigration rules."For those who call this Russophobia, I bet you can hardly
imagine what it means to be colonized by Russia," David Gabunia, a prominent Georgian writer, wrote on Facebook.Boldyreva said when she sees
anti-Russian graffiti on the streets of Tbilisi, "I want to say that Russia is not Putin."She added she had, on several occasions, been
exiles did not realize Moscow currently occupies a large part of Georgian territory and they would "not be received here with open arms."
We are people without a country."
