Abkhazia

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.

November 24, 2025 05:51

• A film about Georgian refugees won a prize at the Amsterdam Film Festival.

  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.

November 15, 2025 04:05

• Suspects in the Sukhumi shooting have been detained.

  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.

November 05, 2025 03:27

• Analysts commented on the Sukhum Electoral Commission's statement about voter bribery.

  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.

November 01, 2025 19:39

• The Sukhum Electoral Commission expressed outrage at voter bribery.

  Candidates who try to attract votes by engaging in landscaping are breaking the law, the Sukhum Electoral Commission stated ahead of municipal elections in Abkhazia.

October 21, 2025 06:40

• Abkhaz authorities have denied support to women persecuted over Russian child benefits.

  Up to 1,000 Abkhazian citizens may be at risk of criminal prosecution for child benefit fraud, but the republic's authorities are not intervening in the situation, as it could harm relations with Russia.

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