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Tumso fakes his death and Shukhuti plays leloburti

Luiza Mchedlishvili talks about how Tumso Abdurakhmanov, a popular Chechen opposition blogger, reportedly his own death to fool Chechnya Head Ramzan Kadyrov.

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Mariam Nikuradze talks about this year's leloburti game — a rugby-like sport played on Easter in the western Georgian community of Shukhuti.

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