Abkhazia

March 15, 2025 23:18

• Georgian journalist Amaglobeli treats her administrative case as fabricated

  At trial on an administrative case, Mziya Amaglobeli, the founder of the “Batumelebi” and “Netgazeti” online publications, denied any guilt in insulting police inspectors.

March 07, 2025 21:32

• Tightening of laws on foreign agents becomes a threat to civil society in Georgia

  The draft law “On the registration of foreign agents” and amendments to the Law “On Broadcasting” will deprive non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and media of the opportunity to continue their activities even under other organizational forms, analysts state.

March 04, 2025 21:39

• Abkhazian CEC sums up presidential election totals

  The Abkhazian Central Election Commission (CEC) has announced the election results, according to which Badra Gunba was elected president.

February 17, 2025 19:15

• Georgia condemns Abkhazia's presidential election

  The Abkhaz presidential election is illegal and will have no legal force, the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has stated.

January 02, 2025 20:15

• Energy crisis named as reason for Georgia to improve relations with Abkhazia

  Georgian authorities should help Abkhazia in solving its energy problems; this opens up opportunities for strengthening trust and restoring relations, Georgian analysts believe.

December 12, 2024 19:15

• “Caucasian Knot” correspondent faces deportation after his detention in Tbilisi

  In Georgia, after Beslan Kmuzov, a correspondent of the “Caucasian Knot”, had been detained at a protest in Tbilisi, the country’s migration service summoned him for a conversation. Meanwhile, the journalist has been legally living in the country since 2007.

November 12, 2024 23:37

• Underground singer from Saint Petersburg fined for song about sex with natives of Caucasus

  Singer Albina Sexova has been fined 10,000 roubles under the article on incitement of hatred.

January 05, 2023 23:31

• Mobilization deprives contractors from Southern Russia of chance to quit

  In Southern Russia, garrison military courts refuse to satisfy claims lodged by military servicemen, who seek dismissal due to the expiry of their contracts, citing the mobilization decree.

August 31, 2022 12:06

• Abkhazia commemorates those who went missing during hostilities

  Out of more than 2200 people who went missing in the Georgian-Abkhaz war, the remains of 200 were found, of which 44 remains were handed over to families in Abkhazia, Boris Kazanba, a deputy head of the mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the unrecognized republic of Abkhazia, has informed.

August 30, 2022 14:55

• Abkhaz activists oppose transfer of land in Pitsunda to Russia

  At their meeting with the Russian ambassador, female activists from Abkhazia, who oppose the transfer of the state dacha in Pitsunda to Russia, stated that the alienation of this territory would provoke anti-Russian sentiments in the society.

All articles