GEORGIA-RUSSIA-ABKHAZIA-TURKEY-CONFLICT

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY AMELIE HERENSTEIN
(FILES)—This file picture taken on April 8, 2008 shows Abkhazia’s Black Sea coast near Sukhumi. Abkhazia, a land of soaring mountains and sub-tropical coast, residents thought that Russia’s recognition after the latest war last summer was supposed to be a ticket to a bright new future. Ten months on and after winning recognition from just one other country, Nicaragua, the Abkhaz authorities’ efforts look a little ragged. One tactic has been to encourage ethnic Abkhaz to resettle here from Turkey, to which their ancestors fled in the 19th century. AFP PHOTO / KAZBEK BASAYEV