On December 13, the de-facto foreign minister of occupied Abkhazia, Sergei Shamba said that Russia now requires Abkhazian ...

The council of Russian-occupied Abkhazia did not ratify a controversial investment agreement with Moscow, which sparked ...

Georgia's Russian-occupied region of Abkhazia lost all electricity supply due to the shutdown of the only power station ...

The Georgian statelet's political crisis highlights a fragile balance between local identity and Russian influence ...

The leader of the Moscow-backed Abkhazia region said on November 16 that he would step down if protesters leave the parliament compound. A day earlier, demonstrators against an investment ...

Officials and members of the opposition in Abkhazia started talks after protesters seized a government compound, said Levan Mikaa, chairman of the Committee for the Defense of Abkhaz Sovereignty.

The “deputies” of the “parliament” of Abkhazia voted against ratifying the Abkhaz-Russian investment agreement, which became ...

Newspapers are available in the Abkhaz and Russian languages but most of the time they are devoid of criticism. Locals have access to Abkhaz, Russian and Turkish language radio stations.

Namely, the officials promised to release detained Abkhaz citizens in the next few days if the bridges are unblocked. The oppositionist criticized the detentions as illegitimate. "We heard the ...

Russian president Vladimir Putin may be facing another uprising against Russian influence in Abkhazia, a breakaway region in ...

Newspapers are available in the Abkhaz and Russian languages but most of the time they are devoid of criticism. Locals have access to Abkhaz, Russian and Turkish language radio stations.