Gia Batonisashvili chops wood in March while his mother Nora stands at the window. They lost their backyard - and the toilet in there - three years ago after Russian troops put up barbed wire as part of a process of borderisation that is causing Gia, Nora and other residents of Khurvaleti, a village in Georgia, to lose access to agricultural land, cemeteries, water and other resources [Julien Pebrel/MYOP/Al Jazeera]
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Khurvaleti, Georgia – When Gia Batonisashvili hears dogs barking, he knows “Russians are patrolling”. The troops patrol with their dog in what used to be his back garden. He lost this garden three years ago when Russian forces put up a barbed-wire fence behind his home. He can no longer access these grounds for fear of being arrested and accused of trespassing in another state.
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