RFE/RL: Abkhaz Prosecutor Warns Former Vice President
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posted by circassiankama on September, 2009 as Abkhazia
September 16, 2009
Abkhaz Prosecutor Warns Former Vice President
The Abkhaz prosecutor's office on September 15 accused
former Vice President Raul Khadjimba of seeking in recent statements to
discredit the republic's law enforcement agencies in general and the
prosecutor's office in particular.
Speaking at a conference of the war veterans' union Aruaa, Khadjimba had openly challenged the official explanation for the arrest in late June of Aruaa member Colonel Valmer Butba.
A
former career KGB officer who subsequently served as Abkhaz defense
minister (2001-03) and then prime minister (2003-04), Khadjimba ran
against Sergei Bagapsh in the 2004 presidential election with the overt
backing of Moscow. Bagapsh defeated Khadjimba in the first round,
triggering an armed standoff between supporters of the two rival
candidates ... >> full artcle...
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Window on Eurasia: Might Turkey be the Next Country to Recognize Abkhazia?
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posted by circassiankama on as Abkhazia
Window on Eurasia: Might Turkey be the Next Country to Recognize Abkhazia?
Paul Goble
Vienna,
September 15 – Despite a year of intense effort, Moscow has secured
recognition for the breakaway republics of Abkhazia only from pariah
states like Nicaragua and Venezuela and then only by extending aid
packages to them so large that even Russian commentators have suggested
they represent little more than bribes.
But
now, there appears to be a chance that Turkey, despite denials by its
officials, might break the embargo against recognition because of
Ankara’s desire to play a greater role in the Caucasus region, its own
long-standing experience as the only country to recognize the Turkish
Republic of North Cyprus, and the influence of its own Abkhaz and
Circassian communities.
A
week ago in ... >> full artcle...
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RFE/RL President Jeffrey Gedmin and Georgia
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posted by circassiankama on as Abkhazia
RFE/RL President Jeffrey Gedmin and Georgia. RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY MOSCOW’S GRIP ON GEORGIA – WHAT’S NEXT? MODERATOR:
JEFFREY GEDMIN, PRESIDENT, RFE/RL - SPEAKERS: DAVID KAKABADZE,
DIRECTOR, RFE/RL GEORGIAN SERVICE - MARINA VASHAKMADZE, TBILISI BUREAU
CHIEF, RFE/RL GEORGIAN SERVICE - DANIEL KIMMAGE, SENIOR CORRESPONDENT,
RFE/RL FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 2008
PDF: http://docs.rferl.org/en-US/0815_Moscows_Grip_on_Georgia.pdf ***** Dr. Jeffrey Gedmin, President Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty: Georgia's past and future “Liberty
is not easy to gain, it needs struggle. I don’t want to ruin that
stereotype and wish Radio Liberty stay the same forever – a radio
which fights for our freedom” – said Zviad Koridze, a Georgian
journalist, who has vast experience in TV and print journalism.
GT: About future plans,
should we expect that Radio Liberty will continue its concept and go on
air in South Ossetia and Abkhazia too?
JG: I would ... >> full artcle...
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AW: Obituary: Yuri Voronov
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posted by circassiankama on as Abkhazia
September
11 - SUKHUM, ABKHAZIA - Today 14 years ago a prominent public figure
and a politician of Abkhazia Jury Nikolaevich Voronov perished. The
Vice Prime Minister, a MP, a world-known scientist Jury Voronov was
viciously slain on the night from September 11 to September 12, 1995 at
his apartment’s threshold.
Today, on September 11, his friend, family, schoolchildren have laid flowers to Jury Voronov's grave.
Obituary: Yuri Voronov
by George Hewitt - Independent, The (London) , Sep 15, 1995
The
assassination of Yuri Voronov at his home in Sukhum, capital of the
tiny Transcaucasian Republic of Abkhazia, robbed the Abkhazians of not
only their Deputy Prime Minister but also a staunch champion of their
struggle to establish their right to self-determination.
Born in 1941, Voronov specialised in the archaeology and ancient
history of the western Caucasus. ... >> full artcle...
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Journal of Turkish Weekly: Nicaragua Signs Deal On Diplomatic Ties With Abkhazia
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Nicaragua Signs Deal on Diplomatic Ties With Ex-Georgian Republic |
Friday, 11 September 2009 |
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Nicaragua
and the former Georgian republic of Abkhazia have signed an agreement
on establishing diplomatic relations, Nicaraguan media reported.
The Central American country recognized the independence of Abkhazia,
along with Georgia's other breakaway republic, South Ossetia, following
Russia's example after its conflict with Georgia in August 2008.
On Thursday, Venezuela joined Russia and Nicaragua in recognizing
Abkhazia and South Ossetia as sovereign states, a move condemned by
Georgia, which considers the republics part ... | >> full artcle...
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