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2020-01-10 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Crowds storm president's office in Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia

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Posted by Fred 2020-01-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 Georgia broke away from Russia. Abkhazia broke away from Georgia. Who's going to break away from Abkhazia?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-01-10 11:10|| 2020-01-10 11:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Ossetia

Posted by Lex 2020-01-10 11:25|| 2020-01-10 11:25|| Front Page Top

#3 ... from which Circassia will break away, from which Novo-Assyria will break away, from which the Djugashviki Clans will break away, from which ...

Posted by Lex 2020-01-10 11:28|| 2020-01-10 11:28|| Front Page Top

#4 😢

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-01-10 11:38|| 2020-01-10 11:38|| Front Page Top

#5 This is the world of Hadji Murat. What does anyone expect from these people?

Posted by Lex 2020-01-10 11:42|| 2020-01-10 11:42|| Front Page Top

#6 Isn't it kinda like the Hatfields and the McCoys?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-01-10 12:44|| 2020-01-10 12:44|| Front Page Top

#7 No, much more complicated, as Tolstoy knew.

Hadji Murat is a Chechen rebel who has fought fiercely and courageously against the Russian empire. After a feud with his commander he defects to the Russians, only to find that he is now trusted by neither side. He is first welcomed but then imprisoned by the Russians under suspicion of being a spy, and when he hears news of his wife and son held captive by the Chechens, Murat risks all to try to save his family.

Posted by Lex 2020-01-10 14:02|| 2020-01-10 14:02|| Front Page Top

#8 Here I though Abkhazia is where all The Walking Dead and other hollywooders are living.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-01-10 15:23|| 2020-01-10 15:23|| Front Page Top

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