"Friends, the war in Abkhazia, just as every other war we saw on the territory of Georgia, had two sides: Georgia and Russia," said Tamara Chergoleishvili, founder of Tabula magazine. Tabula and the ...

EKA TKESHELASHVILI served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister of Georgia during Mikheil Saakashvili’s ...

Georgia lost that war, with Abkhazia becoming a “breakaway republic” under Russian control, as well as an enclave for drugs, counterfeit tobacco, and other contraband.

Russia-occupied Abkhazia’s de facto parliament has adopted legislation restricting inheritance rights for individuals it ...

Three years after the August 2008 war with Russia that led to Georgia's defeat and Moscow's recognition of the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the situation on the ground is a ...

Fresh talks between Russia, Georgia, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia reached a minor milestone with an agreement on "incident prevention" mechanisms. But there are fears any progress might be ...

In August 2008, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Georgia, marking Europe’s first war of the 21st century. Triggered by tensions over South Ossetia and Abkhazia, the war saw Russian ...

Commemorating the War The V. G. Ardzinba State Museum of War Glory in central Sukhumi, named after Abkhazia’s first de-facto president, opened in December 2014. Its head of history, Ludmilla Lazba – ...

ANAKLIA, Georgia — They call themselves the hazelnut refugees. Earlier this month, while the heaviest fighting of the Russia-Georgia war raged 150 miles away, separatists from Abkhazia, a pro ...

SUKHUMI, Georgia, Sept. 30 -- Fifteen years ago this week, flames shot out the windows of the parliament building and the final battle of a separatist war raged over this seaside city. When it was ...