However, de Waal noted that "Abkhaz politics is always divided, and Khajimba had many enemies." "The politically active segment of the population is quite small -- at best a few hundred people ...

Bagapsh, who was 62 at the time of his death, was a savvy politician who could maintain a delicate balance between the desire of the Abkhaz people for genuine independence and Russia’s strategic needs ...

He has a Russian passport, as most Abkhaz people do, making them effectively Russian citizens, and Abkhazia a Russian protectorate. “Of course we feel close to Russia,” Genry explained.

Medvedev spoke alongside Bagapsh, who expressed his thanks to Russia. "I would like on behalf of the Abkhaz people and on my own behalf to express my enormous gratitude," Bagapsh said.

It need hardly be said that little remains of the boundless euphoria experienced by Abkhaz people on 26 August 2008, the day President Dmitry Medvedev announced the recognition of independence for ...

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili congratulated Abkhaz people on the Day of Abkhazia and stressed the importance of building trust between the Abkhaz and Georgian peoples. “The political ...

Leader of the Abkhaz opposition People’s Party, Iakub Lakoba, was arrested on Friday evening in Sokhumi after the prosecutor’s office charged him of slandering head of Russia’s state audit chamber ...

Currently, 264,015 people are classified as internally displaced persons (IDPs), according to the Ecomigrants and Livelihood Agency of Georgia. Ethnic Abkhaz people, who make up little more than ...

Our people have made their choice and voted accordingly." Georgian political analyst Pichkhadze told RFE/RL that Moscow's apparent refusal to recognize the choice of the Abkhaz people remains a ...