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Abkhazia's Separatist Leader Resigns Amid Unrest

Unrest in Abkhazia leads to separatist leader's resignation amid protests over property rights for Russians.

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Abkhazia's Separatist Leader Resigns Amid Unrest And Clashes

The resignation of Abkhazia's separatist leader amid protests over Russian property measures signals a significant shift in the region's political dynamics.

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Opposition Protests In Abkhazia Over Russian Property Agreement

Protests in Abkhazia escalate over property rights and government control, leading to clashes and demands for change.

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Protesters storm parliament of Russian-backed breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia

People use truck to smash through metal gates surrounding parliament amid discontent over Russian investment agreement

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Protesters Storm Parliament In Abkhazia Demanding President's Resignation

Protesters in Abkhazia demand president's resignation over unpopular investment agreement with Russia, leading to unrest and uncertainty in the region.

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Clashes In Abkhazia Over Russian Property Purchase Proposal

Tensions flare in Abkhazia as protesters clash with police over property rights dispute with Russia.

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Police and protesters clash in Georgia's separatist Abkhazia region

Police and hundreds of demonstrators have clashed in Georgia’s separatist region of Abkhazia as tensions flared over a proposed pact to allow Russians to buy property there

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Protests blocking bridges in Georgian separatist region of Abkhazia end

Protests that blocked bridges to the capital of the Russia-backed Georgian separatist region of Abkhazia have ended Tuesday after authorities freed five opposition supporters who were jailed the night before

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Protesters Block Bridges In Abkhazia Over Russian Investment Dispute

Protesters in Abkhazia block bridges over proposed Russian investment law, leading to clashes with police. Tensions rise in the separatist region.

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Georgia at Euro 2024: sporting success amid political turmoil

When the Georgia men’s football team takes on Spain in the European championship round of 16 on June 30, there’s no doubt who will be the underdogs. Spain are European football royalty, featuring some of the most famous, highly paid and successful players in the world. Georgia, on the other…

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Fifteen years after the war in Georgia, the dilemmas of the European Union in the South Caucasus

Fifteen years ago this month, while all eyes were set on Beijing for the opening of the 29th Olympic Games of the modern era, war broke out between Russia and Georgia over South Ossetia. Officially part of Georgia since the country gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, it…

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Russia’s Medvedev warns Georgian breakaway regions could be annexed

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accuses West of creating tensions over Georgia by discussing NATO membership.

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Bordering Georgia's breakaway regions, villagers fear Russia's next steps

For displaced villagers living near the border of Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia, the war in Ukraine has brought back terrifying memories of Russian bombardments.

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‘Before Bucha in Ukraine, there was Abkhazia in Georgia’

Thirty years after the war in Georgia’s breakaway territory of Abkhazia, victims are still waiting for justice.

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Georgia’s South Ossetia plans to take steps to join Russia

Its separatist leader says the Moscow-backed breakaway region plans to take steps to become part of Russia.

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Georgia says 'unacceptable' for breakaway region to vote on joining Russia

Georgia said on Thursday that plans by the Russian-backed breakaway region of South Ossetia to hold a referendum on joining Russia were unacceptable, while the Kremlin stressed no action had been taken to make that happen.

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Can Donbas republics work as a buffer zone?

Is the de facto states model followed for Abkhazia, Transnistria and South Ossetia a possible way out for the Russia-Ukraine conflict?

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Ukraine invasion: why China is more likely to support Russia than in the past

China’s general approach to Russian actions in its neighbouring regions has been to minimise its involvement. After Russia invaded Georgia in 2008, Beijing refused to recognise declarations of independence by the de facto states of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, for instance.

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The other Russian interventions in its periphery

An explainer on what led to Russian interventions in Abkhazia and South Ossetia in 2008 and Crimea and Donbas in 2014.

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