cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/3422964
One of Russia’s most visible psychological operations in Georgia is the strategy of a “creeping annexation” along the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) separating Georgia from the Russian-occupied regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Since 2013, Russian and separatist forces have incrementally advanced the ABL deeper into Georgian territory, often under the cover of night, by moving border markers, installing barbed wire fences, and erecting “State Border” signs. This process, known as “borderization”, has resulted in the loss of farmland, homes and livelihoods for Georgian villagers, who sometimes wake up to find their properties suddenly within occupied territory.
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