16:52, August 23, 2012
President talks of protecting nature, but road project is all about politics and economics.
By Anaid Gogoryan-Caucasus
Abkhazian president Alexander Ankvab has come out firmly against a plan to build a second land route to key ally and neighbour Russia, even though others argue the highway would open up new economic horizons.
Because of Georgia's continuing claim to sovereignty, overland traffic and freight to and from Abkhazia is funnelled through a border crossing with Russia on a strip of land along the Black Sea coast. Any further east, and the Caucasus mountains rise up into a high ridge, making the Russian-Abkhazian frontier impassable.
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