polgeonow, 8 months ago to geography Interesting Crisis Group on-location video report (from 2 months ago) about the #Russia-built border fence along what most of the world doesn't consider a border: the line between self-declared #SouthOssetia and govt-controlled #Georgia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFb_JsmIyQE Because both sides were once controlled by Georgia, with no official agreement to separate them, the "border" fence runs right through many people's farms and even back yards. #borders #geography #geographyteacher @geography #Caucasus
Interesting Crisis Group on-location video report (from 2 months ago) about the #Russia-built border fence along what most of the world doesn't consider a border: the line between self-declared #SouthOssetia and govt-controlled #Georgia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFb_JsmIyQE
Because both sides were once controlled by Georgia, with no official agreement to separate them, the "border" fence runs right through many people's farms and even back yards.
#borders #geography #geographyteacher @geography #Caucasus
polgeonow, 9 months ago to geography Self-proclaimed, #Armenia-backed #Artsakh Republic in disputed #NagornoKarabakh region appears to have surrendered to #Azerbaijan, likely signaling the end of its 30-year run as a "de facto state" (unrecognized country). https://www.reuters.com/world/us-calls-azerbaijan-halt-karabakh-attack-russia-urges-return-ceasefire-2023-09-20/ #defacto #defactostates #geography #geopolitics #politicalgeography #statehood #Nagorno #Karabakh #world #Caucasus @geography @geopolitics
Self-proclaimed, #Armenia-backed #Artsakh Republic in disputed #NagornoKarabakh region appears to have surrendered to #Azerbaijan, likely signaling the end of its 30-year run as a "de facto state" (unrecognized country). https://www.reuters.com/world/us-calls-azerbaijan-halt-karabakh-attack-russia-urges-return-ceasefire-2023-09-20/
#defacto #defactostates #geography #geopolitics #politicalgeography #statehood #Nagorno #Karabakh #world #Caucasus @geography @geopolitics