"Clear the Face": Cars abandoned by Russians fleeing conscription will be removed from the neutral zone on the Russian-Georgian border.

Head of North Ossetia Sergei Menyailo ordered Remove from the neutral zone near the Verkhniy Lars border crossing the vehicles left there by Russians fleeing mobilization in 2022.

This is our territory—from the Verkhniy Lars checkpoint to the border. A commission is coming out, recording everything. And all this scrap metal and junk will be removed from there. This is the entrance to our country. This is our identity.

said Changed.

The fate of abandoned transport

Now near the border are located Around 500 partially or almost completely dismantled vehicles—Rosavtodor, together with the authorities of North Ossetia, will send them to scrap metal or a landfill.

Context of events in 2022

In total, in September 2022, in Georgia moved in More than 220 Russians. The main influx occurred at the end of the month, after Russia declared a "partial mobilization."