Russia

The issue of the Pitsunda estate reaches its culmination in Abkhazia - local authorities attack NGOs for "pro-Georgian activities".
Inal Ardzinba talks about new approaches to interaction with international NGOs and UN agencies, imposes more restrictions.
In recent weeks Georgian and Abkhazian societies have been discussing information about a planned Russian naval base in Ochamchira.
The words of Abkhazian leader Aslan Bzhania about Russia's intention to build a new base for the Black Sea Fleet in Ochamchira are both an indirect recognition that Moscow has come to terms with the loss of Sevastopol as the main base of its naval forces in the Black Sea, and a new threat to Georgia.
Interview with the renowned scholar of the Ossetian origins Valery Dzutsati on the conflicts in the South Caucasus.