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In response to events in Venezuela, the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs proposed reconsidering the country's decision to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Abkhazia called the proposal baseless, while South Ossetia affirmed the legality of the Venezuelan government's decision.

Last year, more than 1.6 million tourists from Russia visited Abkhazia, which is 20% more than in 2024.

The Prosecutor General's Office of Abkhazia has sent a case to court regarding the obstruction of the activities of the electoral commission in the Gagra region using weapons during the second round of the presidential elections on March 1, 2025.

A court in Sukhumi found Russian political strategist Ivan Reva's actions before the municipal elections to be violations of electoral law and fined him under three administrative offenses.

Four categories of Abkhazia residents will receive electricity bill discounts starting January 1. In the three years since the peak of mining activity in Abkhazia, electricity consumption has decreased by almost a third, authorities reported.

The Supreme Court of Abkhazia sentenced the son of the republic's former deputy defense minister, Batal Pilia, to a lengthy prison term, finding him guilty of murdering the nephew of the first president. 

Russian political strategist Ivan Revu has been charged with administrative violations of election campaigning rules and the deliberate destruction of competitors' posters, the Abkhazian Prosecutor's Office reported.

Gurgen Grigoryan, a native of Abkhazia who served in the Russian army, was killed in the Russian military operation zone in Ukraine.

The congress of the republican party "Forum of National Unity of Abkhazia" accused the republic's authorities of introducing police-style management methods and threatened to initiate mass protests.

The Best Director award at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) went to "Life in Kartli," which tells the story of refugees from Abkhazia who have lived in the abandoned Kartli sanatorium for over 30 years.

The suspects in the November 11 shooting in Sukhumi have been detained. One of them was detained in Adler, and his transfer to Abkhazia is being considered. One of the people wounded in the shooting died in the hospital.

The authorities are trying to demonstrate the opposition's impotence in the Sukhum local government elections, but the opposition is simply preparing for the parliamentary elections. Meanwhile, the entire city is plastered with posters of pro-government candidates who aren't above bribing voters with "improvement" projects.