Police and hundreds of demonstrators clashed Friday in Georgia’s separatist region of Abkhazia as tensions flared over a ...
Demonstrators oppose a proposal to permit Russian nationals to purchase property in Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia.
Protesters stormed the parliament of the Russian-backed breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia on Friday and opposition ...
Protests against a controversial investment agreement with Russia escalated into clashes in Sukhum, the capital of ...
Georgia separatists in Abkhazia stormed the Putin-backed parliament building in protest of investment agreement that favored wealthy Russian real estate buyers.
Most of the world recognises Abkhazia as part of Georgia, from which it broke away during wars in the early 1990s.
TBILISI, Georgia — Protesters on Tuesday blocked bridges leading to the capital of the Georgian separatist region of Abkhazia as tensions flared in a dispute over a proposed law that would ...
1992-93 - Georgia-Abkhazia War: Georgia sends troops to Abkhazia to halt secession moves. Fierce fighting ends with Georgian forces being expelled from Abkhazia. Up to 30,000 people are killed.
Most of the world recognises Abkhazia as part of Georgia. Abkhazia and South Ossetia broke away from Tbilisi's rule during wars in the 1990s that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union.