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Fleeing his own government's war of aggression, Igor Tikhiy is one of hundreds of thousands of Russians who have left their country since Vladimir Putin's so-called partial mobilization on September 21.
Like many others, he went to Georgia - he crossed the border on a bicycle.
Igor Tikhiy, Russian citizen
»The war plays a big role (in the decision to leave Russia).
Yes, I don't want to shoot anyone and that's why I'm here.
I also feel deep disappointment in my home country.
I don't want to be cut off from the world - not for me or my children - why should I?
I just do not understand."
The more Russians come to the country, the more criticism there is from the Georgian population, because relations with Russia are strained.
In 2008, Russia attacked Georgia in the so-called Five Day War.
The triggers were the breakaway Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Internationally, these regions are counted to Georgia.
After the war, however, Russia recognized it as independent and has stationed its own soldiers there since 2008.
Already at the beginning of the Russian attack on Ukraine there were large demonstrations of solidarity, especially in the capital Tbilisi.
Last Friday, several hundred people demonstrated in front of the parliament, concerned about the influence of the many Russians in the country.
Lana Ghvinjilia, activist
“If we still believe that all Russians who come here are against Putin and against this kind of imperial politics, that's a problem for us.
This influence of the Russian culture – the Russian social culture that we have been trying to free ourselves from in the last 30 years.«
The situation in Kazakhstan is similar.
The same applies here as in Georgia: Russian citizens are allowed to enter the country without a visa.
The Kazakh Interior Ministry has registered more than 200,000 arrivals from Russia since the mobilization was announced.
Here, too, there are reservations about the Russian mobilization refugees:
Mukhtar Taizhan, national-conservative politician
»To be honest, I'm concerned (about the Russian immigration wave) because I don't know who is coming (to the country) and how they think, because they came only after the so-called partial mobilization was declared .
So these are draft evaders who, to put it bluntly, dreaded the prospect of being sent to war.
We don't know what they think, whether they support Putin or not."
In addition to Georgia and Kazakhstan, many Russians have fled to Turkey or Western Europe.
Russian media reports that 700,000 people have left the country since the mobilization.
The Kremlin recently denied this, but did not give its own figures.