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In pictures | The gravel is grayer on the other side: no sports fields in Khevsureti

by Ian McNaught Davis

•10 min read

In the mountain village of Barisakho, in Georgia’s northern, historical Khevsureti region, children at the local school have nowhere to practice sports. Seconds after a teacher opens the window of the staff room of Barisakho Public School to clang the school bell for a break, the 54 children that comprise the entire rush outside to play football, dodgeball, basketball and badminton. While these sports are played with great enthusiasm at this central school in Khevsureti, none of them can

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Practical or destructive: controversy surrounds new mountain road in Georgia

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•9 min read

The Georgian government has an ambitious plan to construct a road connecting the mountainous regions of northeast Georgia, from Khevsureti to Tusheti. It’s stated goal — to develop tourism and help locals travel between difficult-to-reach areas. But many, both locals and others, are against the project. They say it will wreck the environment, damaging the region’s unique natural appeal, and taking with it their hopes of developing ecotourism. A group of activists, locals and ordinary