August 7 marks another anniversary of the russian invasion of Georgia, the Kremlin's first large-scale armed aggression of ...

EADaily, August 8th, 2025. The President of Abkhazia Badra Gunba addressed the President and the people of South Ossetia in ...

Abkhazia, one of the breakaway provinces over which Russia and Georgia fought in 2008, has been colonized by Russia's state security services. And the locals are hardly thrilled.

On the 17th anniversary of Russia’s five-day war against Georgia, the European Union has condemned the ongoing military occupation of Georgian territory and reiterated its support for Tbilisi. Source: ...

In 2008, Moscow recognized the independence of Abkhazia, along with neighboring South Ossetia following a brief war between Russia and Georgia.

Modern day Abkhazia is internationally recognized as Georgian territory, but has been under the rule of Abkhaz and Russian proxy officials since the 1990s. The first Russian warships reportedly ...

As Russia accelerates its annexation of “frozen conflict” regions, the EU must enhance its policy to counter Moscow’s ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a new law significantly expanding the grounds for revoking naturalized Russian ...

Russia recognized Abkhazia’s independence in 2008 and now heavily backs the region militarily and financially. In 2014, Moscow and Sukhumi signed an “Alliance and Strategic Partnership Treaty,” which ...

But both -- particularly Abkhazia, which unlike South Ossetia has no ethnic kin in Russia -- have suggested the preferred outcome is outright independence, rather than annexation by Russia.

When Russia recognized Abkhazia's independence in August 2008, very few countries followed suit. But there was nonetheless jubilation and gratitude in Sukhumi.Today, many Abkhaz are wondering ...