Dmitry Klimenko is putting the final touches to a new nightclub in Tbilisi¡¯s central Vake Park, aimed at drawing some of the tens of thousands of disoriented fellow Russians, Belarusians and Ukrainians who fled to Georgia in recent months.
A veteran of seven nightclubs he opened in his hometown of Novosibirsk over the years, Klimenko left Russia on March 7, as Russian President Vladimir Putin¡¯s invasion of Ukraine darkened the political climate at home.
¡°It¡¯s what I know how to do,¡± said Klimenko, as first one and then a second pair of curious Russians stopped by to look at ¡°The Balance,¡± his latest venture. ¡°When I asked around people said: ¡®Do it! We are lost here.¡¯¡±
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