Seven refugees from Georgia delivered to Russia via Abkhazia

Today, with the help of the Department for Emergencies (DfE), seven citizens of Georgia, Russian nationals, who had been forced to quit their homes because of oppressions from law enforcement bodies and local residents, were transited to Russia via Abkhazia.

The DfE has reported that the refugees are young families with children, who preferred not to disclose their names in fear for safety of their relatives who are still in Georgia.

A girl of 18 said that her peers with whom she grew up and her neighbours with whom she lived as one family started to call them occupants.

"They shouted all the time that we, Russians, should be dug alive and that we should better go Russia. I think it will still worse in future; my class was the last Russian-language class in our school. This year our sector was closed, and it will hardly be ever re-opened. We've decided to run away, until it's too late. I was in terror of my life," she has noted.

"Wherever we go, they look at us as enemies, and we were forced to leave," said a man of 35 who had left Georgia together with his wife and three daughters aged three, seven and ten.

"In Georgia, not just Russians, but also those who have Russian relatives, have no prospects. Young people have huge problems. "My mother is Russian, my father is Georgian, but I still have problems - both with law enforcement bodies and neighbours," a young man said.

Refugees also have expressed gratitude to peacekeepers and the Abkhazian authorities for help.