
In the market in Gali, the vendors are ethnic Georgians, however the owners of their counters are Abkhaz, according to locals. (Nino Gogua /OC Media)
Jobs are hard to come by in Abkhazia’s eastern Gali District, according to the ethnic Georgians who predominantly make up the district’s population. They say that nepotism and discrimination, both direct and indirect, have made unemployment rife. Some go to Sukhumi to the city’s highly unsafe construction sites, while others are leaving for greener pastures.