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2011 Aug 26 |
Abkhazia, once dubbed the Soviet Riviera, held elections for a new president, with three veterans of the early 1990s separatist war against Georgia vying for the post. Candidates Vice President Alexander Ankvab (59), PM Sergei Shamba (60) and opposition leader Raul Khadjimba (53) fiercely rejected reunification with Georgia. Alexander Ankvab obtained 55 percent of the vote. Links: Abkhazia 
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2012 Feb 22 |
Abkhazia Pres. Alexander Ankvab survived an assassination attempt. At least one bodyguard was killed and 2 wounded. Links: Abkhazia, Assassin
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2012 May 5 |
Russia's secret service agency FSB discovered ten caches of arms and ammunition over the last 48 hours in Abkhazia. The region is very close to Black Sea resort of Sochi, host of the 2014 Winter Olympics. The FSB said it suspects the attacks targeting Sochi were being masterminded by Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov. Links: Russia, Chechnya, Abkhazia
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2013 Sep 9 |
A senior Russian diplomat in Georgia's Moscow-backed breakaway Abkhazia region was shot dead by an unidentified gunman. Links: Russia, Abkhazia
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2014 May 27 |
In Abkhazia opposition protesters broke windows and doors to take control of the presidential building in Sukhumi, while others held talks with President Alexander Ankvab after several thousand gathered to vent their anger at its government about alleged corruption and misrule. Links: Abkhazia, Mad Crowd
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2014 May 30 |
Abkhazia opposition leaders said they now held power, despite President Alexander Ankvab's refusal to quit after protesters stormed his headquarters. Links: Abkhazia
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2014 Nov 15 |
In Georgia tens of thousands of people rallied in the capital to protest a planned agreement between Russia and Georgia's separatist province of Abkhazia. A proposed agreement envisages the creation of joint Russian and Abkhazian military forces. Links: Georgia, Russia, Abkhazia
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2014 Nov 24 |
Russia further tightened its control over Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia with a new treaty envisaging closer military and economic ties, a move that has drawn outrage in Georgia. Links: Georgia, Russia, Abkhazia
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2017 Aug 8 |
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia and assured it of Moscow's military support, an act of defiance to Western governments that have condemned Russia's backing for the separatists. Links: Georgia, Russia, Abkhazia
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2018 May 29 |
Georgia said it would sever diplomatic relations with Syria after Damascus moved to recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states. Links: Georgia, Syria, Abkhazia, South Ossetia
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2018 May 30 |
The United States condemned Syria's decision to recognize two breakaway regions in Georgia and create diplomatic ties, saying it fully backed Georgia's independence and reiterating its call for Russia to withdraw from the area. Links: Georgia, USA, Syria, Abkhazia, South Ossetia
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2019 Sep 23 |
A Russian a government document published online showed that President Vladimir Putin has approved a government proposal to bankroll the modernization of the armed forces in the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia. Links: Georgia, Russia, Abkhazia
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2020 Jan 9 |
In Abkhazia hundreds of protesters besieged the office of regional leader Raul Khadzhimba to demand his resignation. Demonstrators claimed widespread irregularities in his re-election as president last September. Links: Abkhazia, Mad Crowd
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2020 Mar 22 |
Abkhazia, a breakaway region of the Georgian republic, held a presidential election to replace Raul Khadzhimba, the leader who stepped down in January under pressure from the opposition. With a population of about 250,000, Abkhazia is recognized as a sovereign state only by Russia and a handful of other countries. Links: Abkhazia
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2021 Mar 31 |
In Georgia an angry mob laid siege late today to an upscale hotel in central Tbilisi where Vladimir Pozner (87), a prominent Russian TV host, was having dinner the night before his birthday. Several Georgian politicians had insisted that the journalist was not welcome in Georgia after he said in 2010 that people of the breakaway region of Abkhazia do not seem to want to be part of Georgia. Links: Georgia, Abkhazia
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