Everyone involved in Abkhazia’s frozen conflict–the governments in Tbilisi and Sukhumi, the government-in-exile, and the refugees–is failing to take responsibility for a solution. ZUGDIDI, Georgia–Zugdidi has a pronounced Wild West atmosphere. Situated five kilometres from the de facto border with the separatist region of Abkhazia, this town in western Georgia lies inside the (frozen) conflict zone–and, it seems, outside the […]
