Inside Georgia, there are two borders that are not even supposed to exist, appearing seemingly out of nowhere. Locals who live close to the breakaway South Ossetia or Abkhazia regions face arrest over ...

Ever glanced at a map of the world and stopped to wonder why some countries have seemingly nonsensical shapes? You can find the answers -- or some of them, anyway -- in our ongoing Mad Maps video ...

For people near the borders of these Russian-supported separatist territories in Georgia, uncertainty is a constant struggle. The village of Nikozi, which rests just south of the South Ossetia border, ...