Abkhazia

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.

November 04, 2024 23:47

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 28-November 3, 2024

  Explosion in Cherkessk, drone attacks, Gadjiev’s case, parliamentary elections in Georgia, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 28-November 3, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

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.

August 18, 2022 12:19

• Abkhaz president calls on MPs to ratify agreement on "Pitsunda" state dacha

  The agreement on the transfer of the "Pitsunda" state dacha to Russia assumes no sale of land, Aslan Bjaniya, President of Abkhazia has assured, urging the MPs to ratify the agreement. He believes that refusal to ratify the agreement could worsen relations with Russia.

August 09, 2022 17:28

• Analysts assess impact of "Five-Day War" on Abkhazia

  Should Georgia had achieved its goals in South Ossetia in August 2008, Abkhazia would have been next in line, Izida Chania, a journalist, believes.

August 08, 2022 23:59

• Georgia holds mourning events on anniversary of beginning of “Five-Day War”

  Today, in Georgia, state flags have been lowered to half mast on administrative buildings in memory of the victims of the Five-Day War.

August 08, 2022 11:26

• Residents of South Ossetia commemorate casualties of Five-Day War

  On August 7, South-Ossetia temples held memorial services on the eve of the 14th anniversary of the onset of the "Five-Day War". It was also decided to hold mourning events and lay flowers to the memorials in the Znaur and Leningor Districts.

August 04, 2022 11:07

• CC returns request for transfer "Pitsunda" state dacha to Russia to Abkhaz Parliament

  The materials on the agreement on the transfer of the "Pitsunda" state dacha to Russia have been returned to the MPs, while the Constitutional Court (CC) invited them to state their position on the issue in the appeal. They were given three days to correct the documents.

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