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Related: About this forumThousands--listening to Volodymyr Zelenskyy today 3/4/2022
English interpreter starts after he talks.These were happening all over Europe today!!
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Thousands--listening to Volodymyr Zelenskyy today 3/4/2022 (Original Post)
mysteryowl
Mar 2022
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Rhiannon12866
(205,503 posts)1. Georgians have very good reason to follow this conflict closely
If Putin is trying to recreate the USSR, Georgia could be next.
mysteryowl
(7,390 posts)2. These were happening all over Europe today!!
Georgia was one of many.
Rhiannon12866
(205,503 posts)3. Oh, I know, but this video shows the immense crowds in Tbilisi.
I was there when it was still Soviet Georgia - and there were statues of Stalin still standing all over. When I asked the reason I was told that Stalin was Georgian, not Russian. And they still hold him in esteem because "he killed so many Russians..."
mysteryowl
(7,390 posts)4. Wow, that is grim