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Russian President Medvedev meets with Abkhazian leader Bagapsh and South Ossetian counterpart Kokoity
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) stands with Abkhazian separatist leader Sergei Bagapsh after a signing ceremony in the Kremlin in Moscow on September 17, 2008. Russia has signed new treaties of friendship and cooperation with Georgian breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. (UPI Photo/Anatoli Zhdanov)

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Abkhazia holds election this week
SUKHUMI, Georgia, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Three candidates are competing this week in an election to replace the late President Sergei Bagapsh in the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia.
Bagapsh re-elected president of Abkhazia
SUKHUMI, Georgia, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Incumbent President Sergei Bagapsh has been re-elected by voters in the former Georgian republic of Abkhazia, officials said Sunday.
Russia signs pacts with breakaway regions
MOSCOW, May 1 (UPI) -- Russia signed five-year security agreements Thursday with the breakaway Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, government officials said.
Russia, S.Ossetia, Abkhazia sign treaty
Russia, S.Ossetia, Abkhazia sign treaty
MOSCOW, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Russia signed friendship and cooperation pacts Wednesday with the breakaway Georgian republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
Abkhazian leader: No plans to join Russia
SUKHUMI, Georgia, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- The president of Abkhazia says the region seeks independence, not union with Russia.
Abkhazia bids to break away from Georgia
SUKHUMI, Georgia, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia urged Russia Thursday to recognize its independence, the republic's president says.
Abkhazia: Georgia planned spring invasion
SUKHUMI, Georgia, July 5 (UPI) -- The leader of Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia says Georgian forces were planning to invade the republic this spring but were foiled.
U.S. envoy arrives in Abkhazia
SUKHUMI, Georgia, May 11 (UPI) -- A U.S. envoy arrived Saturday in the breakaway region of Abkhazia in Georgia in an effort to find a peaceful solution to the impasse there.
Abkhazia says it is bound for independence
SUKHUMI, Georgia, May 8 (UPI) -- The president of Georgia's self-declared republic of Abkhazia said the region is bound to gain independence the same way Serbia's Kosovo did.
Drone plane shot down over Abkhazia
SUKHUMI , Georgia, April 20 (UPI) -- Military forces in Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia shot down a Georgian reconnaissance aircraft, Abkhaz President Sergei Bagapsh said Sunday.
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“ The vessels' task is to prevent transportation of arms. We're also performing a humanitarian mission, ”
Abkhazian leader: No plans to join Russia
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“ We want a lawful state, independent and democratic. ... If Kosovo can be independent, then so can Abkhazia, ”
Abkhazia says it is bound for independence
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“ The plane has been shot down. Now efforts are under way to find its fragments, ”
Drone plane shot down over Abkhazia
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“ We call on the international community to refuse double standards and recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, ”
Analysis: A second Kosovo in Georgia?
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“ I am convinced that the attack on Ankvab was the result of purely criminal motives. We have stepped on people making dirty money and this is their response to our actions, but we won't retreat, ”
Criminals tried to kill Abkhaz PM: claim
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