Video: Half-ruined Abkhazia: 20 truthful and poignant photos
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
More than 20 years ago Abkhazia gained independence from Georgia. A few days ago, the presidents of Russia and Abkhazia signed an agreement on alliance and strategic partnership - according to it, the annual financial assistance to Abkhazia will be increased by 5 billion rubles. rubles. And now traces of desolation and devastation are still visible in the country, which are the result of battles with Georgian troops in 1992-1993. Photographer and journalist Amos chapple took a series of 20 amazing images showing what the region looks like now.
Republic of Uzupis - a state in the center of Vilnius. By analogy with Abkhazia, its status also raises many questions.
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