Russian President Putin promises ‘all possible security support’ for occupied Abkhazia
Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a letter to de facto President of Georgia’s occupied Abkhazia region Raul Khajimba.Photo: wikimedia.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed to ensure all possible support for the“national security” of Georgia’s occupied Abkhazia region in his letter sent to de facto president of the region Raul Khajimba, Russian new agency RIA Novosti reports.
The agency says that the letter was sent on the occasion of the ‘national holiday of Abkhazia - the Day of Independence and Victory.”
In the letter Putin also promises his support in resolving social and economic problems.
Last week Putin ordered the government to allocate funds for the “modernisation” of the armed forces of Georgia’s occupied Abkhazia region.
Abkhazia and Tskhinvali regions of Georgia have only been recognised as independent states by Russia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Nauru and Syria since the Russia-Georgia 2008 war.
The rest of the international community is unanimous in that the regions are occupied by Russia and the country must withdraw its troops from Georgian territory.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the government to allocate funds for the “modernisation” of the armed forces of Georgia’s occupied Abkhazia region, Russian media RIA Novosti reports. RIA Novosti reads that earlier Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and “his Abkhaz counterpart” Merab Kishmaria agreed on the development of military-technical cooperation and the modernisation of the ‘Abkhaz army.’
The Georgian Embassy to Germany has sent an official letter to the German Public Broadcaster and the author of a seven-minute TV story which stated incorrect and distorted historic claims about Georgia’s Russian occupied region of Abkhazia, saying that the territory “was handed to Georgia by the head of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin.”
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkalinai says that Georgia is proud of its centuries-long tolerance to various religious minorities living in the country, stating that Russia harshly violates religious rights and freedom of the Georgian citizens living in the currently occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) regions.
The Georgian Patriarchate said Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent explanation of how Georgia “engulfed” the currently Russian-occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) regions “has caused a negative reaction among our people”. "Such distortion of historic facts continues to deepen the existing conflicts”, the Patriarchate said.
The Russian Prosecutor’s Office reports that an investigation is underway into the embezzlement of 3 billion Russian rubles (about $48 million), that was allocated to rebuild infrastructure in de facto South Ossetia (occupied Tskhinvali).
The Russian Prosecutor’s Office reports that an investigation is underway into the embezzlement of 3 billion Russian rubles (about $48 million), that was allocated to rebuild infrastructure in de facto South Ossetia (occupied Tskhinvali).
The Russian Prosecutor’s Office reports that an investigation is underway into the embezzlement of 3 billion Russian rubles (about $48 million), that was allocated to rebuild infrastructure in Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).