The European Union has moved closer to implementing a new, 17th package of sanctions against Russia, targeting Moscow’s so-called shadow fleet, defense industry, and entities evading existing restrictions. The decision was made by the permanent repre...
Georgian fighter Rati Burduli has released a letter alleging that the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) is revoking weapons possession permits for Georgian citizens fighting in Ukraine, based on convictions handed down by Russian courts. T...
The de facto leader of Georgia's Russian-occupied Abkhazia region, Badra Gunba, has said that dialogue with Tbilisi was only possible if Georgia recognized "reality" and signed an agreement on the non-use of force. Gunba made these remarks in an inte...
The inaugural flight from Nizhny Novgorod to Sokhumi, Georgia’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia region, scheduled for Tuesday, was postponed due to an attack by Ukrainian drones, which led to temporary restrictions on Russian airspace. The Ikarus airline ...
The European Union has condemned Russia’s unilateral decision to begin regular commercial passenger flights to Sukhumi, the capital of Georgia’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia region. In an official statement issued on May 3, the EU declared that this mov...
Georgia’s State Security Service (SSS) has downplayed speculation about the construction of a Russian naval base in the port of Ochamchire, the country’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia region, suggesting in its latest annual report that current activity w...
On the night of April 25, a large-scale special operation in the Russian-occupied South Ossetia (Tskhinvali) region resulted in the arrest of 11 individuals accused of involvement in “criminal activities.” According to the de facto Ministry of Inter...
The de facto foreign minister of Georgia’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia region, Oleg Bartsits, has called on Tbilisi to repeal its Law on Occupied Territories and to sign a formal pledge on the non-use of force – steps he claimed were “essential for any...
De facto Foreign Minister of occupied South Ossetia Akhsar Jioev and Russia’s Ambassador to Tskhinvali Marat Kulakhmetov have signed a protocol formalizing the exchange of ratification certificates for a dual citizenship agreement between the Russian...
Russian airline iFly plans to begin operating flights to Sokhumi, the capital of the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia, in the second half of May, a company representative told Russian media on Monday. The representative noted that the start dat...
