Cutting the Line

04.05.2026

ZUGDIDI - The 250-kilometre border between Abkhazia and Georgia has been dividing the two countries for decades, making life increasingly difficult for the communities living along it. Caught between Russian pressure and the manoeuvrings of the ruling Georgian Dream party, those living near the border find themselves increasingly at the mercy of forces beyond their control.

This project examines old wounds and new anxieties along the Abkhazia–Georgia border. Decades after the Georgian–Abkhaz war, a conflict that had long seemed dormant appears to be reaching boiling point again, driven by Russia's invasion of Ukraine on a large scale. For many Georgians, images of Russian state violence echo the fighting they endured in the 1990s.