Soviet-Era Monument Steals the Show in Georgia’s COVID-hit Marneuli
It seemed as if life was slowly returning to normal after a two-month-long lockdown had been lifted in Georgia's virus-stricken Marneuli Municipality - ethnic Azeri majority area south of Tbilisi - on May 18. But then a Georgian Orthodox Bishop delivered a rabble-rousing Sunday sermon, demanding to dismantle a statue honoring a Soviet-era figure that …