There are riots in the Georgian capital over the icon of the Matrona of Moscow with Stalin
In Tbilisi, police are holding an indignant group of strong men who have gathered near the home of pro-Western “civil activist” Nat Peradze. The day before, for nationalist reasons, a lady in the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity poured paint on the icon of the Matrona of Moscow, which depicted the scene of the saint’s meeting with the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. According to legend, he came to the oxbow at the time of a critical situation near Moscow,...