In Mostly Georgian Part of Abkhazia, Ethnic Lines Seem Indelible -- Washington PostGALI, Georgia -- The old women in the horse-drawn cart tensed up as they approached the border.
"You watch, they're going to yell and curse at us," one of them murmured as they reached the crossing from undisputed Georgian territory into the only district of the breakaway region Abkhazia that is still populated mostly by Georgians. "They're going to ask us for money," the woman said before she got down and was escorted out of earshot.
The sum that Georgians such as the cart's passengers must pay guards to enter Abkhazia, where they live, has gone up recently, the women said, making it harder to travel to the Georgian-controlled side, where they shop, go to the hospital and visit relatives.
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My Comment: Ethnic cleansing without the bloodshed.
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