Abkhaz President Survives Assassination Attempt

Abkhaz President Survives 5th Assassination Attempt -- RIA Novosti The attack occurred on Wednesday morning near the town of Gudauta when An...

Self-Ruled Region Remains Wary of Russian Backers

From The New York Times: MOSCOW — Sergei Bagapsh wants to make it perfectly clear: Abkhazia is not now, and will not become, part of the Rus...

Georgian Province In Uneasy Embrace Of Moscow

(Image from the BBC ) From AP: SUKHUMI, Abkhazia (AP) — Russia's footprint is everywhere in this breakaway Georgian province, from billb...

The War In The Caucasus Is Now Spreading

The breakaway province of Abkhazia has started a military offensive against the Georgian forces while the South Ossetia conflict is still go...

Abkhazia Threatens Georgia with Second Front

From Der Spiegel: Georgia's march into South Ossetia has prompted the Abkhazia to begin preparing for war as well. Abkhazian Foreign Min...

Violence Mars Russia-Georgia Talks Before Rice Trip

A map of Georgia showing the separatist regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The head of Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia region ha...