Ochamchire

Salome Zourabichvili talked about conflicts in response to a JAMnews question on increasing Russian influence in Abkhazia.
Analysis by investigative journalism group Bellingcat shows multiple buildings and perimeter features under construction at the harbour.
In recent weeks Georgian and Abkhazian societies have been discussing information about a planned Russian naval base in Ochamchira.
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.