Pedestrians walk past automobiles with Russian license plates parked at the Georgian side of the Verkhni Lars customs checkpoint between Georgia and Russia some 200 km outside Tbilisi, on September 25, 2022. - Russian authorities acknowledged a "significant" influx of cars trying to cross from Russia into Georgia on September 25, 2022, days after Moscow announced partial mobilisation. "There is a significant congestion of private vehicles... around 2,300" waiting to pass one checkpoint along the border, said the local interior ministry in a Russian region that borders Georgia. (Photo by Vano SHLAMOV / AFP)