Three decades after the military conflict in Abkhazia, the Russian Federation has been the main determining factor in this region, playing the role of a security guarantor, sponsor, and political lobby. The war turned Russia into a political pariah, and the protracted hostilities hit its military and financial capabilities hard.
Sukhumi-born writer Guram Odisharia discusses the interconnection between Abkhaz and Georgian cultures and literature. What do they say about each other?
Conflict studies specialist Paata Zakareishvili talks about the Georgian-Abkhaz negotiations and the missed opportunities when the parties came closest to resolving the conflict.
"The practice of imperial ambitions and forceful resolution of territorial conflicts is still the norm in the region" - Georgian NGOs on the war in Abkhazia
