The leader of a Russian-backed breakaway region in Georgia has resigned following weeks of protests and tensions in the ...

The separatist leader of Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia resigned on Tuesday after days of unrest, in which the opposition and its supporters seized key government buildings and at least 14 ...

Lawmakers in the Moscow-backed breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia voted Tuesday toscrap the controversial Russian ...

Russia recognized Abkhazia and another breakaway region, South Ossetia, as independent states in 2008 after it defeated Georgia in a five-day war. It maintains troop bases in both regions and ...

A memorial to the 1992-93 war: Major Russian TV channels are relayed into Abkhazia The breakaway region of Abkhazia is fully outside Georgia's media environment. The pro-Kremlin press is popular ...

Most of Abkhazia broke away from Georgia in fighting that ended in 1993, and Georgia lost control of the rest of the territory in a short war with Russia in 2008. Russia recognizes Abkhazia as an ...

Aslan Bzhania is quitting days after crowds stormed government buildings over a controversial pro-Russia bill.

and Georgia lost control of the remaining territory after a brief war with Russia in 2008. While Russia recognises Abkhazia as an independent state, many Abkhazians fear that their region ...

Along with the Georgian region of South Ossetia, Abkhazia declared its independence in a war against Georgia in 2008, in whichRussia backed the separatist forces. Abkhazia is still recognized as ...

Abkhazia declared its independence in 1999, and Russia recognised it as an independent state after the Georgian-Russian war in 2008. Georgia says Abkhazia is "occupied" by Moscow. Most countries ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Protesters in Georgia's Russia-backed breakaway region of Abkhazia declined on Saturday to leave the parliament building which they stormed the previous day, a departure proposed by ...