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Kakachia: Anxiety exists over Russia’s ambiguous relationship with Abkhazia

(The Moscow Times) Last week saw the toppling of the president of Abkhazia in mass protests reminiscent of those in Kiev's Maidan Square. But while the new government may resolve some tensions, the breakaway republic's ambiguous relationship to Russia…

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Дипломатия здравиц и тостов

(Apsny Online) 9 сентября в Сухуми был убит российский дипломат Дмитрий Вишернев. Через несколько дней его жена Ольга скончалась от полученных в результате покушения ранений. В какой степени этот инцидент…

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Voting on the UN Resolution for Georgia’s Territorial Integrity

Last month (June 13), the UN General Assembly adopted a Georgia-initiated resolution about the situation in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Similar to the previous five resolutions, this one acknowledges the…

Признание без независимости: Абхазия в международном контексте

Абхазия отпраздновала очередную годовщину начала процесса признания независимости. Четыре года – небольшой исторический срок для государства. Однако этого достаточно для того, чтобы прошла первая эйфория и можно проанализировать ситуацию, в…

Recognition without Independence: Abkhazia’s International Context

Abkhazia has enjoyed the status of a de facto independent state since it won a secessionist war with Georgia in 1992-1993. Six countries, all members of the United Nations, later…

Violence, Politics, and Ethnicity in the “Russian Riviera”

The Krasnodar region is a wealthy province in southern Russia with a population of over five million. Located on the Black Sea coast, it borders Ukraine, Georgia (the breakaway region…

The Withdrawal of Russian Military Bases from Georgia: Not Solving Anything

In March 2005 negotiations over a long-stalled issue of Russian military bases in Georgia sharply accelerated. In the end of May, the foreign ministers of the two countries signed a…

The United States from Russia to Georgia

The latest crisis in Russian-Georgian relations, precipitated by the arrest of four Russian officers in Georgia on suspicions of espionage, could put the United States in an awkward situation in…

The Political and Legal Parameters of Russian Decisionmaking on Abkhazia and South Ossetia

Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia on February 17, 2008, was in some ways an anticlimactic event. It was widely expected, as were the immediate reactions: recognition by the United…

‘Unrecognized States’ in Russia’s Domestic and Foreign Policy

Predictably, the recognition of Kosovo’s independence by the United States and most members of the European Union was followed by pronounced appeals for recognition from three of the four “unrecognized…

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