Riaan 
Ngokwemininingwane esemthethweni, izakhamizi zaseRussia ezingaba yizigidi eziyi-1.5 ziye zawela umngcele weRussia-Georgia selokhu kwaqala impi. Ukuthi bangaki abasele akwaziwa. Kodwa ukuba khona kwabo kubonakala emigwaqweni yenhloko-dolobha.
Futhi lokhu kuthutheleka kukhathaza abantu abaningi baseGeorgia. Ucwaningo lwakamuva lubonisa ukuthi iningi lezakhamizi zaseGeorgia, cishe u-70%, licabanga ukuthi ukufika kwezakhamizi zaseRussia kuzoba nomthelela omubi ezweni futhi kusekele ukuphoqelelwa kwe-visa kumakhelwane wabo osenyakatho.
Inhlangano ihlela amakilasi olimi
Ukufuduka Kwesenzo iphakathi kwezinkulungwane zezinkampani zaseRussia ezabhaliswa eGeorgia ngemuva kokuhlasela kweRussia e-Ukraine. Isiza abantu baseRussia ababalekela ukuhlangana ukuze bathole izindlu futhi bazivumelanise nendawo yabo entsha. Le nhlangano inikeza nezifundo zolimi ezakhamuzini eziningi zaseRussia ezenze izinhlelo zokuhlala.
“Nami ngiya emakilasini olimi,” kusho uMaxim Ivantsov, umsunguli wale nhlangano. “Kuyinkambo ethandwa kakhulu, kunesidingo esikhulu. Silapha ngenxa yempi eyaqala iRussia, asifuni ukuhlala ezweni, elihlasela abanye futhi lenze izenzo zobuFascist”
Ngemuva konyaka ukuhlasela kweRussia e-Ukraine, umuntu angabona amathofi aseRussia, izindawo zokuzijabulisa nezinye izinhlangano ezakhiwe izakhamizi zaseRussia eTbilisi. Iningi lamakhasimende abo ngamaRussia. Kukhona nezitolo zezincwadi zaseRussia enhloko-dolobha futhi. I-Itaka Books ingenye yazo.
“Ngafika lapha ngo-2017 okokuqala,” kusho umsunguli wesitolo, u-Stas Gaivaronsky. “Futhi ngemva kokuhamba ihora e-Tbilisi, ngalithanda leli dolobha. Ngifuna ukuhlala lapha, hhayi eMoscow.”
AmaRussia ahlela ukuhlala
Ngokusho kweTransparency International, ngemva kokuba impi iqalile kwabhaliswa amabhizinisi amasha angaphezu kuka-15 000 eGeorgia. Ngenxa yalokhu, ochwepheshe bakholelwa ukuthi abaseRussia ababalekela izwe labo bazohlala lapha.
“Amakhulu ezinkampani abhaliswa ekhelini elilodwa,” kusho uBeso Namchavadze, uMhlaziyi Omkhulu eTransparency International Georgia. “Kukhona ngisho namadolobhana, lapho kubhaliswa khona izinkampani ezifinyelela kwamathathu, noma amane ezinyangeni ezimbalwa nje. Kubukeka sengathi inkohliso, badinga lawo makheli ngezidingo ezisemthethweni. Bafuna ukuhlala lapha, abanye babo bafuna ukusebenza, noma ukusungula amabhizinisi, kodwa noma kunjalo, babhalisa njengosomabhizinisi ngabanye, lokhu kwenza ukuthola imvume yokuhlala kube lula.”
