to the south of russian-controlled abkhazia is the georgian city of anaklia. once upon a time in this city. big plans, but stormy times have come. georgians are worried that due to russia's plans to set up a military base just a few kilometers from here, the russian-ukrainian war will come close to their doorstep and jeopardize the plans of this country to become a major trade and logistics base between china and the west. in 2017, with the help of western investors, georgia began to build. if completed, it would significantly increase the volume of trade between asia and europe through the so-called middle corridor bypassing russia, and the kremlin has insisted that us military submarines will be based here. in 2020, the georgian government terminated the agreement. the case was referred to the international court of justice, and mamuka khazaradze, who headed the project, went into politics. a very big problem with this government, because it persists the interests of russia, because the construction of a port in anaklia is not in the interests of russia, and

they have to support the creation of anaklia port, where we should see active investment of the europeannd of the americans. it shouldn't be words that we need... that's not going to stop russia building that port there. excuse me? that's not going to stop russia building that port. no, but we should be ahead. what, so that literally they can face off against each other? well, they are facing off one way or the other. but i think that the determination should be there and seen that european union considers what it is now that, the black sea is de facto a european sea, where europe has a right to be present, where europe cannot be excluded. and that's something that can be discussed together with turkey, which is a very important partner in the black sea, something that should interest uk. russia being cut off from the west has led to increased trade with georgia. there's been a hugejump in imports in the first year of the war. georgia's also the land route from turkey to russia. is that bringing the two countries together, because georgia's even more dependent on russia? we're a bit more