Why China is Building a New Road to Russia

26 February 2025, The B1M

“The Khada Valley is a very small valley. It’s located very close to the capital [Tbilisi] and it’s unique in terms of its cultural heritage,” said Manana Kochladze, the human rights and democratisation lead at Bankwatch.

“One of the major problems of the project was that the Environmental Impact Assessment was badly prepared. Also, the cultural heritage was very badly studied,” Kochladze said.

“They found only 34 cultural objects and after a number of complaints new research revealed 155 material objects, and lots of those are archeological findings.”

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