Fuck Ruzzia
"Fuck Ruzzia" refers to a series of anti-Russian and pro-European graffiti in Tbilisi, primarily located in the Vera district.
The double "ZZ" refers to the "Z" symbol used by the Russian military during the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, which has since become a symbol of support for the war and Russian war propaganda.
These graffiti are part of an ongoing, persistent conflict in public space, repeatedly overwriting slogans in Russian left by Russian exiles living there.
They created something like a commune there - many Russians in Vera, many Russian graffiti appearing - so that they could feel at home in a familiar environment? And I went out every night and painted over what they wrote, adding the Ukrainian flag and "Slava Ukraini."
კომუნას უქმნიდნენ, ფაქტიურად - ბევრი რუსი რო ვერაზეა და ბევრი რუსული გრაფიტი ხვდება, კარგია, მშობლიურ გარემოში რო იგრძნოს თავი?
და მე მივდიოდი ყოველ ღამე და ვღებავდი მათ დაწერილებს და ვახატავდი უკრაინის დროშას და სლავა უკრაინის.
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"Fuck Ruzzia" bezeichnet eine Reihe antirussischer und pro-europäischer Graffiti in Tbilissi, vor allem im Stadtteil Vera.
Das doppelte "ZZ" bezieht sich auf das "Z"-Symbol, das die russischen Streitkräfte während des Einmarschs in die Ukraine 2022 auf Militärfahrzeugen anbrachten und das seither in Russland als Zeichen der Unterstützung des Krieges und der russischen Kriegspropaganda verwendet wird.
Diese Graffiti sind Teil eines hartnäckig geführten Krieges, sie überschreiben die Parolen in russischer Sprache von hier wohnenden russischen Exilanten.
Sie schufen dort praktisch eine Kommune - viele Russen in Vera, viele russische Graffiti - damit sie sich in einer vertrauten Umgebung wohlfühlen? Und ich ging jede Nacht los und übermalte ihre Schriftzüge und malte die ukrainische Flagge darüber und "Slava Ukraini".
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