TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia region, recognized as an independent state by Russia, has cut another of its ties with Georgia by ...
Russia heightens tensions by warning it will detain Georgian ships in Abkhazian waters Russia heightened tensions with Georgia Tuesday by warning that it ...
Abkhazia on Wednesday threatened to destroy any Georgian ship violating the de-facto sea borders of the Georgian rebel region, in a major escalation of a row with Tbilisi over shipping in the Black Sea. Georgia -- which insists the pro-Moscow region is ...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The leader of the Russian-backed rebel region of Abkhazia on Wednesday threatened to destroy Georgian ships which entered the enclave's "territorial waters," Interfax news agency reported. Tensions between Georgia and Abkhazia in the Black Sea have risen sharply in ...
The leader of the pro-Moscow breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia said Wednesday he had ordered its military to destroy any Georgian ship violating its de-facto sea borders. "I have given the order to our naval forces to destroy Georgian ships infringing the ...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The leader of the Russian-backed rebel region of Abkhazia on Wednesday threatened to destroy Georgian ships which entered the enclave's "territorial waters," Interfax news agency reported. Tensions between Georgia and Abkhazia in the Black Sea have risen sharply in ...
TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia on Thursday protested plans by its breakaway Abkhazia region to transfer control of the railway in the Black Sea territory to Russia, a move it said amounted to "robbery." Abkhazia says the Russian railway authority will provide "reconstruction ...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin defended Russia's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states a year ago, a move he described on Wednesday as an assertion of power in the face of U.S. dominance. The Kremlin crushed a ...
ULAN BATOR (Reuters) - Russia will never reverse its decision to recognize the independence from Georgia of the rebel regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday, the first anniversary of the decision. "I do not regret the decision," ...
SUKHUMI, Georgia (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin pledged half a billion dollars to defend the breakaway region of Abkhazia on Wednesday during a surprise visit which Georgia said escalated tensions in the Caucasus. Putin's tour of the enclave underscores Moscow's ...
Russia should respect Georgia's borders, a US State Department spokesman said Thursday after Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin promised Abkhazia military and financial support. Putin went to Abkhazia on Wednesday on his first visit since Moscow recognized it as an independent state ...
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin pledged Russia's military backing for Abkhazia in any new conflict with Georgia, as he visited the rebel Georgian region Wednesday for the first time since Moscow recognised its independence. Putin's visit was the latest sign of Russian commitment ...
