TBILISI, DFWatch–The man accused of attempting to assassinate Abkhazia’s former de facto president in 2012 was shot dead by strangers on Wednesday. Also his driver died in the attack.
Pavel Ardzinba and his chauffeur were driving along the road connecting Sokhumi with Gudauta when their Mercedes-Benz was literally
TBILISI, DFWatch–The leader of the Georgian breakaway region Abkhazia, Alexander Ankvab, resigned on Sunday.
Ankvab said he resigned in order to ‘maintain the stability of the country’, according to the Russian news agency Itar-Tass.
“In accordance with
TBILISI, DFWatch–The opposition in Abkhazia Tuesday night took over the presidential administration in Sukhumi and demanded the resignation of President Alexander Ankvab.
A new caretaker government claims to be in control of the breakaway region, led by Raul Khajimba,
TBILISI, DFWatch–The United Nations is ready to finance projects in Abkhazia with USD 15 million this year.
Resident Coordinator for the UN Development Program in Georgia, Niels Scott, told this to de facto President Aleksandre Ankvab, according to Apsnypress.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Stanislav Lakoba, Secretary of the de facto Security Council of Abkhazia, who is in the de facto government for years and is known for having anti-Georgian views, has been fired.
According to Russian and Abkhazian media, Alexander Ankvab, the de facto
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Georgia’s breakaway region Abkhazia Monday and congratulated de facto President Alexandre Ankvab on the ‘five year anniversary since Russia recognized its independence’.
Georgia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry has
TBILISI, DFWatch – The de facto president of Georgia’s breakaway region Abkhazia recently said a veteran from Abkhazia had died in a Georgian hospital.
The government here in Tbilisi has not commented of given any details. DF Watch visited a few large hospitals
TBILISI, DFWatch – Another suspect in the attack on de facto Abkhazian president is reported to have committed suicide.
Ria Novosti reports that Temur Khutaba hanged himself. He was one of the men suspected in the failed assassination attempt on Alexander Ankvab on
TBILISI, DFWatch – A former Interior minister suspected of participating in the attack on the de facto president of Abkhazia on February 22, committed suicide on Tuesday.
Abkhazian news agency Apsnypress reports that operational units of the co-called Interior Ministry
TBILISI, DFWatch – The de facto authorities in Abkhazia yesterday detained six suspects in the case about the assassination attempt on the president in February.
On February 22, Alexander Ankvab’s car was fired on with machine guns and a