Abkhazia

February 10, 2026 10:01

• Abkhaz activists demand the resignation of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

  Abkhazian public organizations have called on the president to dismiss Interior Minister Robert Kiuta, questioning the legality of the procedure for issuing Russian passports in Abkhazia.

February 08, 2026 12:15

• Bzhinava's detention and arrest attracted the attention of the Abkhazian Foreign Ministry.

  The Abkhazian Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to the detention and arrest of Irakli Bzhinava, an associate professor at a Rostov university department who criticized the practice of issuing Russian passports in Abkhazia.

February 07, 2026 10:48

• The cessation of issuing Russian documents has caused a stir in Abkhazia.

  In Abkhazia, not only the issuance of Russian passports but also the exchange of driver's licenses for Russian ones has been suspended. Several Abkhaz politicians criticized their colleagues whose statements prompted the Russian side to close the issuance points, while local activists supported the decision.

February 06, 2026 18:49

• Russia has suspended the issuance of internal passports in Abkhazia.

  The Russian Embassy in Abkhazia announced that the offices for issuing internal Russian passports, which opened in January, will be suspended after political figures in the republic questioned their legality. Southern Federal University professor Irakli Bzhinava, who expressed similar concerns, was detained in Rostov-on-Don.

February 06, 2026 13:36

• Commentators called on Abkhaz authorities to punish the schoolgirl's kidnapper.

  Social media users have stated that the man who kidnapped a schoolgirl for marriage in Abkhazia must be held accountable under the law. They believe the incident itself should draw attention to both the safety of children in schools and the inadmissibility of reviving old customs.

February 05, 2026 20:54

• The Abkhaz Prosecutor's Office announced preventive measures for those involved in the incident involving political strategists.

  The prosecutor's office announced that Eshsou Kakalia and Aslan Kmuzov have been remanded in custody in connection with the criminal case involving the incident at the Abkhazian Herald newspaper office. Kakalia and Kmuzov have called the case fabricated.

February 05, 2026 06:45

• The kidnapping of a schoolgirl for marriage has caused a stir in Abkhazia.

  A Sukhum resident picked up a 13-year-old schoolgirl from school in the village of Jgarda and brought her home, telling the girl's relatives he intended to marry her. The girl was returned to her father with the assistance of law enforcement.

February 04, 2026 21:54

• Yaganov's* comments on the Lata tragedy sparked outrage in Abkhazia

  The President of Abkhazia called Ibragim Yaganov's* suggestion that the Russian helicopter carrying civilians shot down over the village of Lata could have been a military target blasphemous. The prosecutor's office reported on its investigation.

January 28, 2026 21:42

• Abkhazia netizens were outraged by the announcement of an English teacher as a spy.

  British citizen and English teacher Kuldip Singh was expelled from Abkhazia after being accused of espionage. Social media users pointed out the lack of evidence for the accusations.

January 25, 2026 08:58

• The deadline for electricity supplies from Russia to Abkhazia has been extended.

  Representatives of the Abkhazian leadership convinced Russian authorities to extend the deadline for humanitarian electricity supplies.

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