Abkhazia
Voice | ‘My family and I have been made refugees twice’
The Kodori Valley, populated mainly by Svans, was the only corner of Abkhazia under Georgian Government control before the August 2008 War. According to the Tbilisi-based Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, around 2,860 people lived in the valley before the war, all of whom fled their homes. Only 55 families have returned; Raisa Khachvani, 62, is still waiting to do so. ‘Imagine you lose everything, you no longer have anything, and are starting life from scratch. All this
