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Abkhazia: A Ruined Resort Region, Frozen in Conflict

By Gregory Feifer
Published June 3, 2008 at 3:00 AM PDT
This story was published more than 17 years ago.
Animals graze near a crumbling building in Abkhazia.
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Animals graze near a crumbling building in Abkhazia.

The region of Abkhazia has been isolated since it broke away from Georgia after a civil war 15 years ago. Before that, Abkhazia was a famous vacation destination. Now, it looks like a surreal post-war wasteland.

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Gregory Feifer
Gregory Feifer reports for NPR from Moscow, covering Russia's resurgence under President Vladimir Putin and the country's transition to the post-Putin era. He files from other former Soviet republics and across Russia, where he's observed the effects of the country's vast new oil wealth on an increasingly nationalistic society as well as Moscow's rekindling of a new Cold War-style opposition to the West.

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