პარასკევი, დეკემბერი 5, 2025

Dominik K. Cagara

Svaneti gold rush from Saint Kitts and Nevis

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Svaneti ieli
On 10 May, inhabitants of Ieli and adjacent Svan villages organised a protest demanding an immediate stop to excavation works and asking the company’s employees to leave the village’s territory. (Photo from student environmental movement Green Fist [„მწვანე მუშტი“] Facebook)
Tbilisi, DFWatch – A wave of protests and civil activism erupted in Svaneti against a planned gold mining project, while the people behind it remain hidden in offshore shadows.

The tiny village of Eli, more commonly known by its Svan name Ieli,

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