Video | No Place to Live — IDPs in Georgia

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After almost three decades since the war in Abkhazia, thousands of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are still waiting for the government to provide them with homes.
Why are they are still waiting?

Dato Parulava •

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Dato Parulava is a journalist and former staff writer at OC Media. He’s interested in human rights, with a focus on minority rights and Georgia’s EU integration process, and is currently study

Abkhazia

MP opens fire in Abkhazian Parliament, killing fellow MP

Nate Ostiller

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The shooting roiled an already tense political environment in Abkhazia.

A mandarin tree. For illustrative purposes. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Abkhazia

Economic crisis looms in Abkhazia amid electricity shortages, ban of mandarins

Nate Ostiller

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The fallout from Abkhazia’s political crisis, which led to the downfall of President Aslan Bzhaniya in late November, has since evolved into one that impacts the economy. Over the last week, Abkhazia was hit with twin economic setbacks stemming from Russia, its primary financial benefactor. On 6 December, Russia banned the import of mandarins from Abkhazia, one of its top exports. Following this, electricity shortages, exacerbated by the prevalence of illegal crypto mining and the loss

Abkhazia

Wounded Russian soldiers based in Abkhazia claim they were forcibly sent to Ukraine

Elizaveta Chukharova

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According to a video message shared on Telegram on Wednesday, soldiers from the 7th Russian Military Base in Abkhazia are being sent to the frontlines of Ukraine instead of receiving treatment at a military medical commission. The soldiers, who belong to military unit 09332, allege they were transferred to the Afipsky district of Krasnodar Krai where they believed they were to attend a medical commission. ‘They are taken to Luhansk, ostensibly to the rear area, but actually to the dugout

Abkhazia

Abkhazian Parliament rejects Russian investment agreement

OC Media

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The Abkhazian Parliament has voted against the ratification of the agreement on Russian investment in Abkhazia. Twenty-three MPs attended the extraordinary session of parliament on Tuesday, of which 19 voted against the agreement, while three abstained. The session was held after a letter with 19 signatures was sent to the Speaker of Parliament, Lasha Ashuba. According to regulations, an extraordinary parliamentary session must be held if a third of the MPs — or 12 MPs — request such a s