WATCH: Georgians sing Ukrainian national anthem to shoo away Russian cruise liner out of Batumi port

Protests erupted in the Georgian cities of Tbilisi and Batumi after the cruise liner Astoria Grande docked in Georgia, carrying over 800 tourists, most of whom were Russian citizens.

The ship had arrived in Georgia from Sochi on July 26, and the following evening, Batumi residents gathered near the vessel in strong dissent. They held placards with messages such as “Abkhazia is Georgia,” “Russia is an occupant,” “Leave our country,” “Russia deprives us of our homeland, life, and future,” and “Russian warship, go f**k yourself.”

Some Georgian activists even played the Ukrainian national anthem.

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If Russians think they are not going to face Ukraine and our support for Ukrainians in every inch of Georgia, they are wrong and were proven wrong by people of Batumi today. Cruise ship has left earlier than scheduled with the anthems of Georgia and Ukraine as a gift from