Monday, March 9, 2009

Ossetia's Post-War Freeze

"Many people in Tskhinvali are shivering through the winter behind windows made of plastic sheeting. Piles of broken glass and trash - in one case, the charred turret of a Georgian tank - sit along central boulevards, as they did in August. Stray dogs, their owners long gone, nose around the streets for food."

An interesting insight into failed attempts at post-war reconstruction in South Ossetia, from the New York Times. Read it here.

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