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New ‘borderisation’ in South Ossetia cuts off property of two Georgian families 

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The new fence near Gugutiantkari. (Photo: Embassy of Ukraine to Georgia / Facebook)

The property and land of two Georgian families have been cut off from Georgian gov­ern­ment-con­trolled territory in the village of Gugutiantkari, near South Ossetia, after Russian border guards set up new fences on 7 August. [Read more…]

South Ossetian journalist accused of ‘slander and forgery’ acquitted by local court

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Tamara Mear­ak­ishvili in court (/Facebook)

The Akhalgori (Leningor) District court has found South Ossetian jour­nal­ist Tamara Mear­ak­ishvili not guilty of charges of slander and falsely obtaining cit­i­zen­ship on the basis of forged doc­u­men­ta­tion.

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Russian MP’s appearance in Georgian Parliament sparks protests across Georgia

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Russian Duma MP Sergey Gavrilov address­ing the Georgian par­lia­ment. (1TV)

The appear­ance of a Russian Duma MP in the Georgian Par­lia­men­tary chair seat has triggered protests across Georgia as politi­cians from both oppo­si­tion and ruling parties condemned the action. Sergey Gavrilov, who was escorted out of par­lia­ment, warned that ‘nego­ti­a­tions on human­i­tar­i­an-economic issues between the two countries may fail’ due to the incident. [Read more…]

Armenia abstains from voting against Georgian IDP resolution at UN for first time

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(OC Media)

Armenia has abstained from voting on a UN res­o­lu­tion calling for the return of IDPs to Abkhazia and South Ossetia for the first time since 2008, when the res­o­lu­tion was first intro­duced. Armenia had pre­vi­ous­ly always voted against the res­o­lu­tion in the annual votes at the UN General Assembly. [Read more…]

Voice | ‘My family and I have been made refugees twice’

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(Illus­tra­tion: Dato Parulava/OC Media)

The Kodori Valley, populated mainly by Svans, was the only corner of Abkhazia under Georgian Gov­ern­ment control before the August 2008 War. According to the Tbilisi-based Gov­ern­ment of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, around 2,860 people lived in the valley before the war, all of whom fled their homes. Only 55 families have returned; Raisa Khachvani, 62, is still waiting to do so. [Read more…]

Voice | ‘We still believed that he was alive and that he would come back one day’

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Lika Managadze (Mari Nikuradze/OC Media)

On 16 March, the bodies of 12 people who died during the 1992–1993 conflict in Abkhazia were returned to their families. Lika Managadze, whose father Akaki was among the dead, reflects on her memories of her father and how the war shaped the course of her life. [Read more…]

Georgian national detained in Abkhazia ‘commits suicide’

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(RFE/RL)

A Georgian citizen has died in detention in Abkhazia’s eastern Gali District after being arrested for ‘illegally crossing the border’. According to Abkhazian officials, 29-year-old Irakli Kvaratskhe­lia hanged himself at a Russian border service unit where he was taken to file documents. [Read more…]

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