Moscow has been forced to remove the bulk of its Black Sea Fleet from its primary bases on the occupied Crimean Peninsula and look for alternative ports.
Pro-Kremlin Leader In Breakaway Abkhazia Pushes 'Foreign Agents' Bill To Silence Critics globalsecurity.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from globalsecurity.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Aslan Bzhania, the pro-Kremlin leader of Abkhazia, is pushing for a version of Russia's controversial "foreign agents" law in the Georgian breakaway region. NGOs, activists, and regional experts say it is the latest step by Bzhania to silence them, anger the West, and please Moscow.
Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with President of the Republic of Abkhazia Aslan Bzhania globalsecurity.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from globalsecurity.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Tbilisi (AFP) Feb 6, 2024 - Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili on Tuesday denounced a reported Russian plan to set up a navy base in the breakaway Abkhazia region as a threat to security in the Black Sea.