Abkhazia

January 05, 2026 13:57

• Abkhazia and South Ossetia have ruled out rescinding Venezuela's recognition of their independence.

  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.

January 05, 2026 06:00

• Abkhaz authorities reported an increase in tourist flow from Russia.

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

December 29, 2025 21:53

• The case of the attack on a polling station in the village of Tsandripsh has been referred to court.

  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.

December 21, 2025 16:44

• A Russian political scientist was fined in Abkhazia on three counts.

  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.

December 21, 2025 08:51

• The Abkhaz authorities announced the introduction of preferential electricity tariffs.

  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.

December 12, 2025 00:54

• An Abkhaz court has announced its verdict in the murder case of Kemal Ardzinba

  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. 

December 10, 2025 23:19

• The Abkhazian Prosecutor's Office found violations of the law in the actions of a Russian political strategist

  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.

December 02, 2025 20:44

• A serviceman from Abkhazia was killed in Ukraine.

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

November 28, 2025 05:15

• The Abkhaz opposition threatened the president with a public assembly.

  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.

November 27, 2025 17:53

• Abkhazia considered the repair of the tunnel in the Kodori Gorge a strategic issue.

  For the first time since the 2008 Five-Day War, repairs to the tunnel leading to the Kodori Gorge have begun in Abkhazia. Regional authorities cited security concerns as the reason for the repairs.

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