Abkhazia

March 17, 2026 18:57

• An Abkhazian resident was sentenced for glorifying Shamil Basayev.

  A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Abkhazia resident Timur Agrba to a lengthy prison term after security forces discovered that his publications glorified Shamil Basayev.

March 17, 2026 02:53

• The Supreme Court found evidence of a crime in Kvarchia's actions.

  The Supreme Court of Abkhazia has ruled that the actions of MP Kan Kvarchia during the incident at the Abkhaz Herald newspaper's offices last November contain elements of a crime under the article on threats of murder.

March 16, 2026 12:57

• Security forces' theory about a Georgian spy in Abkhazia has surprised Facebook users*

  Social media users questioned the Abkhaz investigators' claim that the detained Georgian citizen was gathering information about the situation in the region.

March 16, 2026 05:55

• A Turkish citizen was detained in Abkhazia.

  State Security Service officers detained Turkish citizen Ulaş Enes in Abkhazia, who is on Interpol's wanted list. He has been deported to Russia.

March 15, 2026 00:16

• A mining farm was discovered in Abkhazia.

  49 units of cryptocurrency mining equipment were seized in the Ochamchira district; the mining farm was illegally connected to the network.

March 13, 2026 14:31

• A Georgian citizen has been detained in Abkhazia in connection with an espionage case.

  Georgian citizen Emzar Bagishvili has been detained in Abkhazia on suspicion of espionage.

March 07, 2026 04:31

• Military experts have ruled out Georgia's role in the drone attack on Abkhazia.

  Russian military analysts believe Georgia is unlikely to have been involved in the drone attack on Abkhazia, and they also believe it's premature to talk about the weakness of Abkhaz air defenses. Abkhaz experts noted that the attack had no significant consequences.

March 06, 2026 10:43

• A serviceman from Abkhazia was killed in Ukraine.

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

March 05, 2026 23:29

• A Romanian citizen was convicted in Kuban in an espionage case.

  The Krasnodar Regional Court sentenced Romanian citizen Adrian-David Kercho to 15 years in prison for espionage on behalf of Ukraine. In December 2024, security forces detained him in Abkhazia, and in April 2025, the FSB announced his arrest in Sochi.

March 05, 2026 19:40

• Uncertainty in drone data over Abkhazia has worried commentators.

  The Secretary of the Abkhazian Security Council stated that more than half of the drones fell into the sea, with only 14 reaching land. He was unable to identify their origin. Social media users demanded answers about the source of the threat.

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