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Protesters greet first passenger plane from Russia to land in Georgia in years

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Images show protesters and police outside the airport of the Georgian capital Tbilisi where a Russian passenger plane landed for the first time since 2019. Russia fought a brief but bloody war with Georgia in 2008, and anti-Russian sentiment runs deeps in the pro-Western country. IMAGES

Added on the 19/05/2023 13:55:26 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images

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