Historian Astamur Tania and journalist Inal Khashig: "If transport and energy routes need to be opened throughout the region, new contradictions are inevitable."
Public Chamber member Tengiz Jopua calls the situation “embarrassingly insincere” and urges pragmatism and mutual responsibility.
Syria is one of just five countries that currently recognise Abkhazia’s independence. When the government changed there in 2024, many expected that stance to shift - but it did not.
The war in Ukraine has opened up an opportunity for Abkhazia to serve as a transit corridor for sanctions-hit Russia
Amid a surge in Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian regions close to Abkhazia, anxiety is growing in the republic.
On 14 August, Abkhazia commemorated the victims of the Georgian-Abkhaz war, which began on that day in 1992. The war ended in 1993 with Georgia’s defeat, but the conflict remains unresolved.
Abkhaz opposition figure Dmitry Gvaramia believes that “isolated Russia should especially value such a loyal ally as Abkhazia”