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Russia and Abkhazia sign an agreement to establish a permanent naval base for the Russian Navy on the Black Sea coast of Ochamchira District, Abkhazia.
2023-10-5

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

Russian tennis player Natela Dzalamidze changes her nationality to Georgian and will participate in the upcoming Wimbledon tournament after Wimbledon banned Russian and Belarusian players from participating in the tournament.
2022-06-19

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

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

Sergei Bagapsh, the President of the breakaway Georgian province of Abkhazia, dies from complications of lung surgery in Moscow.
2011-05-29

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

A Georgian flight lands in Moscow, Russia, the first since the 2008 war.
2010-01-8