in William Schreiber and Marcin Kosienkowski (eds.), Digital Eastern Europe, Wrocław: KEW.

Even if not apparent at first sight, national borders and the issue of international recognition are embedded in the way the internet works. So if you are, for example, an Internet user living in Abkhazia, who believes that Abkhazia is a sovereign and independent state, you might have some disappointments on the World Wide Web.