'If it is in the interest of the state, lying is not a crime,' writes Georgian writer Dato Turashvili (1966) in his book Get Out of the USSR (2013).

The Austrian paper Der Standard published Arnon Grunbergs report about Russian and other refugees in Georgia. This article – together with other reports – is the prelude to his new book De vluchteling, de grenswacht en de rijke jood, which will be published in January by Uitgeverij Pluim.