Icon depicting Joseph Stalin is displayed in Tbilisi amid controversy

FILE PHOTO: A believer stands in front of an icon, an element of which depicts Soviet leader Joseph Stalin being blessed by Russian Orthodox saint Matrona of Moscow, and that was recently defaced with paint in an act of protest amid controversy over the icon’s apparent honouring of Stalin, at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi, Georgia, January 10, 2024. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze/File Photo