Chechnya attractions and unrecognized countries tourism? One of the most rewarding travel experiences I ever had, not to say the best, was visiting a Syrian refugee camp. Being able to help, even if it was on a very small scale, those people who are directly suffering the worst humanitarian crisis from the 21st century, was seriously amazing, to the extent that I just can’t explain it in words. I went to the local bazaar to buy a huge load of toys and distributed them among as many children as I could. I ran out of toys in a matter of minutes and dude, it was beautiful… As you may imagine, there are many refugee camps across the region but I went to Darashakran, as you don’t need to apply for any special permit.

Artsakh, or Nagorno-Karabakh, is located in the southeast of the Armenian Highlands. Myriad sources confirm that it has been a part of historical Armenia since antiquity. In the medieval period, however, it fell under foreign rule: first to Persia and then to nomadic Turkic tribes that began invading its borders in the 18th century, starting centuries-long wars against local Armenian noble families. 1988 was a turning point in the history of Karabakh. The people of Artsakh raised their voices using their constitutional rights, seeking to secede from Azerbaijan according to Soviet laws on self-determination. However, every effort to discuss the dispute in a civilized fashion was followed by an escalation of violence. By 1994, the self-defense forces of Artsakh had driven out all Azeri military and civilian presence, establishing de facto rule over Artsakh including territories liberated in 1993-94. Read extra info on Artsakh Tours.

The 1992-1993 war left most of Abkhazia in ruin. Even today, derelict, windowless buildings are more rule than exception, and their presence lends a bleakness to the landscape that’s hard to shake. You’ll catch glimpses of Abkhazia’s erstwhile grandeur along the boardwalk in Sukhum, whose lampposts and esplanade date back to Soviet times, and you’ll undoubtedly swallow hard when you arrive at the city’s abandoned parliament, a somber 12-story megalith of lightless rooms and flame-licked brick. Less-traumatic reminders of the republic’s pre-war past can be found in its flamboyantly designed bus stops.

?International law does not define necessary prerequisites for the generation of a new state. The single document is Montevideo Convention of 1931, which marks out as obligatory elements the following: constant population, concrete territory, own government and ability to have relations with other states. But this convention was signed only by American states within the Pan-American Union and is not valid de jure for the other international society members. So, there is still no adequate institution and no criteria for recognized states of how to behave towards new state recognition. See extra info on politicalholidays.com.