A man walks past vehicles with Russian license plates on the Russian side of the border towards the Nizhniy Lars customs checkpoint between Georgia and Russia some 25 km outside the town of Vladikavkaz, 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 AFP)