"Nothing excuses the way he was murdered* which was brutal and which was personally approved by Putin."
Putin Biographer Philip Short discusses the Russian President's mindset and what has happened to some of his opponents.
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Since President Putin invaded Ukraine in February, some 200,000 Russians have fled their country, scattering across western and eastern Europe.
Around 30,000 have landed in Georgia, a former Soviet country on Russia’s southern border, where it’s cheap to live and visas are easy to get.
Nika Nikulshina can’t see herself going home any time soon.
“I really think that I will not be able to go to Russia till Putin will, I don't know, die, disappear, become a bug or something. So yes, I think we need to wait for his death.”
The Russian refugees are distressed at the invasion of Ukraine and the brutal crackdown on free speech.
Ekaterina and her husband Tikhon were high-profile presenters at the independent station in Moscow, TV Rain. When it shut down shortly after the invasion of Ukraine, they fled.
“There is no guarantee that they will arrest you, but there's no guarantee that they won't. So there are much more chances that you're going to be in jail, if you go back and we're not ready to have this kind of risks. We have kids,” says Tikhon.
“It was the most stressful and terrible moment of my life. We have decided everything that we are leaving and to you know pack up stuff and wake up kids in the middle of the night … A couple of hours and your whole life has changed”, says Ekaterina.
In a timely story, we film both inside Russia and in neighbouring Georgia, meeting the brave people opposing Putin and his war.
In St Petersburg, we meet 76-year-old artist Yelena who’s been arrested for protesting against the war but is refusing to stay silent.
“There are good Russians too. But now there is so much shame for our country, so much disgrace. Russia always had much to be proud of. But this is all so awful.”
Dissidents inside Russia are increasingly isolated as State TV whips up hostility against anyone who questions the government.
But those who’ve landed in Georgia feel vulnerable too because the Georgian government has been reluctant to criticise Putin for fear of reprisals. Many Russians living in Georgia are unsure how long they’ll be welcome there.
“We know that Georgian government is not happy with us being here because they are afraid that …Georgia will become a safe space for Russian independent journalists,” says Tikhon.
“It is not a safe space.”
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In an interview with FRANCE 24, Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili reacted to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The Georgian leader said she was "not too convinced" by Russian President Vladimir Putin's assurances that he is willing to engage in stopping attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure in Ukraine.
Zourabichvili added that the only party that is escalating the war in Ukraine is Putin himself.
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(April 5) Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says it’s a “big lie” to call the new voting law in Georgia racist and he warned big business to “stay out of politics” after major corporations and even Major League Baseball distanced themselves from the state amid vast public pressure.
McConnell particularly slammed President Joe Biden’s criticism that the Georgia bill was restrictive and a return to Jim Crow-era restrictions in the Southern states aimed at limiting ballot access for Black Americans
“It’s simply not true,” McConnell told reporters Monday.
A police officer who fatally shot a fleeing black man in the back last week in Atlanta, Georgia, will be charged with murder and assault, officials say.
Garrett Rolfe, who has already been fired, faces 11 charges related to Rayshard Brooks' death. If convicted, he could face the death penalty.
The other officer at the scene, Devin Brosnan, will testify as a prosecution witness in the case, officials said.
The case comes amid US protests over police killings of black Americans.
Lawmakers in Washington are currently debating new police reform laws
We analyzed eyewitness videos and security camera footage of the events leading to the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks, a 27-year-old black man, by police in Atlanta on Friday night. Here’s a detailed breakdown of how it unfolded. https://t.co/5Cr8ow8lJq
The Guardian: Garrett Rolfe, the Atlanta police officer who shot and killed Rayshard Brooks, was accused of covering up an earlier shooting he and other officers participated in, according to a judge who reviewed the case. https://t.co/1Ngwx5CKvT
Body camera footage released by Atlanta police shows Rayshard Brooks appearing good-humored and largely cooperative with two white officers for about 40 minutes during an encounter that ended with Brooks being fatally shot by police. https://t.co/Cejj1Prstg
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