Living on the Georgia-South Ossetia Separation Line

The Russia-Georgia war took place in 2008. Russia invaded Georgia for five days in support of the breakaway region of South Ossetia. After the war, Russian forces stayed in South Ossetia and in another conflict zone - Abkhazia.

For over a decade, the Russian military has been building fences along the line between South Ossetia and Georgia proper, a process foreign observers have dubbed “borderisation”.

This video gathers testimonies from people living near the line of separation. Along the barbed-wire fence, locals have lost access to homes and farmland. Some have been detained while attempting to cross the line.

Chapters:

00:00 Russian patrol in my garden
01:41 Borderisation and the 2008 war
03:16 Khurvalety, a locked town
05:18 Nora, surrounded by fences
06:57 Malkhaz, an abandoned village
08:30 Impact of the war in Ukraine
09:43 Gugutiantkari, burned-down houses
11:05 Ketevan, displaced by the 2008 war
12:56 Policy changes to improve lives


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