
Russia
South Ossetia and Abkhazia again top list of Russia’s ‘friendliest neighbours’
Georgia’s rating increased from 2024, while those of Armenia and Azerbaijan both dropped.

Georgia’s rating increased from 2024, while those of Armenia and Azerbaijan both dropped.

As part of the dissolution, President Alan Gagloev dismissed Prime Minister Konstantin Dzhussoev.

Venezuela recognised the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia in 2009.

A vocal critic of local authorities, Mearakishvili was detained on ‘espinoge’ charges in December.

Mearakishvili has spent recent years in exhausting legal battles with local authorities.

The administration was a failed attempt at creating an autonomous South Ossetia under Georgian control.

Previously, two 19-year-old locals had been beaten by police after being repeatedly stopped for unknown reasons.