Abkhazia
Sukhumi Airport cuts winter flights, apparently due to lack of demand
The airport will have only one bi-weekly flight to Moscow until a yet undisclosed date.
Tourism
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Chechnya
Tourist traffic in Chechnya increases sevenfold over ten years
Daghestan and Ingushetia also remain among the most popular tourist destinations in Russia.
North Ossetia–Alania
Suspect detained for attacking man for wearing shorts in Vladikavkaz
Police forced him to record a video apology.
Abkhazia–Russia Relations
Abkhazian Cinema Fund head apologises for ‘provocative statements’ to Russian tourists
Aleksander Basariya’s public apology follows the firing of a Tourism Ministry employee for making similar comments in June.
Abkhazia–Russia Relations
Russia cancels recommendations against tourism to Abkhazia
The travel advisory had been in effect since November 2024, following the protests in Abkhazia that ousted former President Aslan Bzhaniya.
Abkhazia
Russia warns tourists about travel to Abkhazia
The Russian Foreign Ministry has said they have been forced to warn their citizens about the ‘risk’ of travelling to Abkhazia, after a man convicted of raping a Russian tourist in 2019 was released from prison. In a statement published online on 16 February, the ministry condemned what it said was a ‘lenient attitude’ by the Abkhazian courts. Edgar Abukhba was convicted in 2021 of attacking and raping a Russian woman in Sukhumi (Sukhum) in July 2019, when he was 17 years old. He was origi
Abkhazia
Abkhazian Interior Minister orders police to stop extorting tourists
Abkhazia’s Interior Minister Robert Kiut has ordered police not to stop cars with Russian license plates in order to extract bribes. Speaking at a meeting of the state traffic inspectorate in Gudauta on 27 June, he said Russian cars should not be stopped without a ‘valid reason’. Kiut said that as tourists go through ‘all manner of checks’ at the border, they would not need to be subjected to spot-checks once within Abkhazia. Tourists entering Abkhazia from Russia have their documents
