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President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili announces that she does not recognize the official results of the election, alleging that the country has been the victim of a "Russian special operation".
2024-10-27

Thousands of fighting-age men continue to leave Russia due to the mobilization. Massive lines are reported at the country's borders with Georgia and Finland.
2022-09-24

Georgia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses "shock and deep concern" after a Georgian citizen, 31-year-old Giga Otkhozoria, was shot dead by Russian Armed Forces troops patrolling areas near the administrative boundary with Abkhazia.
2016-05-20

The President of the Georgian breakaway state of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov announces his plan to hold a referendum on whether to become part of Russia or to keep its "de facto" independence before August of this year. This comes after South Ossetia signed various agreements further integrating the region with Russia.
2016-04-11

Georgia accuses Russia of violating its sovereignty by placing border markers on the edge of the South Ossetia region, leaving part of an international oil pipeline in territory under Russian control. The area was the site of the Russo-Georgian war in 2008.
2015-07-13

Opposition in Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia takes over the government headquarters, forcing President Alexander Ankvab to flee the capital, Sukhumi.
2014-05-27

Tuvalu withdraws its recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia after re-establishing diplomatic relations with Georgia.
2014-03-31

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague dismisses by 10-6 Georgia's accusation that Russia and separatist rebels engaged in ethnic cleansing in Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
2011-04-1

Russia announces that it has deployed S-300 anti-aircraft missiles in Abkhazia; the Georgian government expresses concern.
2010-08-11

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrives in Abkhazia on his first visit there since the territory declared independence from Georgia two years ago.
2010-08-8