{"id":176210,"date":"2026-02-18T15:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T12:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176210\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"about-3700-belarusians-hold-georgias-residence-permits","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176210\/","title":{"rendered":"About 3,700 Belarusians hold Georgia\u2019s residence permits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>February 18, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>More than3,700 Belarusians hold Georgian residence permits, <em>Tbilisi Life<\/em> reported citing Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russians hold more permits than other foreign nationals (32,129), followed by Indians (23,900), Azerbaijanis (6,700), Ukrainians (6,290) and Armenians (5,000).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Georgia is home to about 12,000 Belarusians, who fled their country for fear of reprisals but their number keeps shrinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/gruzia_POZ-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/gruzia_POZ-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/gruzia_POZ-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/gruzia_POZ-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/gruzia_POZ-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/gruzia_POZ.jpg 855w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Georgia said to have promised not to deport Belarusians to Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">February 7, Pozirk. Although Belarus\u2019 opposition has struggled to engage with Georgia\u2019s current government, it has managed to secure a promise that Georgian authorities will not deport Belarusian opposition activists to Belarus, where they could face politically motivated persecution, \u015aviat\u0142ana &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/174696\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 18, Pozirk. More than3,700 Belarusians hold Georgian residence permits, Tbilisi Life reported citing Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze. Russians hold more permits than other foreign nationals (32,129), followed by Indians (23,900), Azerbaijanis (6,700), Ukrainians (6,290) and Armenians (5,000). Georgia is home to about 12,000 Belarusians, who fled their country for fear of reprisals but their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":139816,"template":"","rubric":[13],"class_list":["post-176210","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>About 3,700 Belarusians hold Georgia\u2019s residence permits | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"February 18, Pozirk. More than3,700 Belarusians hold Georgian residence permits, Tbilisi Life reported citing Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze. 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