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Vera Glushko, 82, says the life in Primorsk is as hard as in war-time Ukraine

The channel that Primorskans built for Ingouri power plant

A torn apart map of the world lying on the floor of one of the classrooms of abandoned Primorsk school

Guram, 76, is describing hardships of the life

The underwear of Omar and Valentina is being dried. They are one of the few happy couples in Primorsk

Lilya, an alcoholic and a poet

A cow on the main street of Primorsk

Primorsk. Street scene

The HALO Trust banner describing the de-mining work performed at the local cemetery

Lelyla Koblaya

Primorsk people use ancient technologies to make the life easier

Valentina Naivert was one of the first to move to Primorsk in 1960s

Only cows and horses now use the school sports ground

An old man is fixing the electricity under the pouring rain

A sundown in Primorsk

A boy riding a bike

Tania, 57, (L) and her niece Ira, 28, and the only man in their house, the cat Pushok, are seeing the guests off

All the kinds of stoves help Primorskans during the blackouts

Primorsk-born Igor Naivert is resting after a prayer. Live difficulties made him and his mother turn to religion

A staircase of a Primorsk apartment block

Teniko, a Mengrelian, living in Primorsk. She is absolutely alone now, because her daughter lives in Georgia and can’t visit her anymore

Mamalyga, the Abkhazian and Mengrelian speciality, made of corn, helped Primorskans to survive the years of hunger after the war

The mobile telephone network signal at Primorsk is poor, Valentina is trying to catch a “happy birthday” from her daughter in Belarus

Police trucks at the main street of Primorsk. Forgotten by other authorities, Primorsk in often visited by security service, army and customs people

Galina Drevnitskaya is standing next to the well, waiting for a man to help her bring the water to the apartment on the 3rd floor

A yard of a private house in Primorsk

A rainy and cold winter evening in Primorsk

A balcony in Primorsk

Guram and his son are coming back from hunting

One of Primorsk apartment blocks

Saveli woke up at 4 am to book a seat at a minibus that comes once a week from the nearest village at the request of Primorskans to drive them to the market in the nearest town, Gali

The remains of Primorsk water tower

Vitya Drubia has lost several fingers clearing the Primorsk cemetery of mines working for HALO Trust