Georgia: Lockdown Hits Farming Sector
Small-scale producers await emergency government measures.
13 May 20
Small-scale producers await emergency government measures.
Tensions will continue until the leaders of both countries find political will to resolve the issue.
Huge swathes of farmland wiped out by high rainfall and snowmelt.
Mountain ranges now a safe haven for militant groups.
Poor infrastructure means that more and more territory is being swallowed up.
Farming has been devastated by the ongoing conflict.
Protestors and journalists arrested after public anger at farmland reforms.
People cut off by the de facto border still want to visit cemeteries on the other side.
Analysts say that power play is motivated by competition over energy resources.