"Echo of Abkhazia" publishes an interview with public figure and former parliamentarian Leonid Chamagua, discussing how far Abkhaz politicians are concerned about the outcome of the elections, and how it might impact Abkhazia.
The words of Abkhazian leader Aslan Bzhania about Russia's intention to build a new base for the Black Sea Fleet in Ochamchira are both an indirect recognition that Moscow has come to terms with the loss of Sevastopol as the main base of its naval forces in the Black Sea, and a new threat to Georgia.
"The growing role of Russia in the South Caucasus and the decline of the influence of the West is a particularly dangerous process for pro-Western Georgia"
Inal Khashig and Astamur Tania discuss January arrests of the opposition members in Abkhazia and whether such repressions can help stabilize the situation and prevent the storming of the presidential palace?
