Dec 21 (Reuters) - The leader of Abkhazia, a breakaway Georgian region backed by Russia, warned on Saturday that the republic was facing a "humanitarian catastrophe" due to a critical shortage of ...

The separatist territory of Abkhazia is fast becoming engulfed in political and economic turmoil. The would-be statelet’s legislature, the epicenter of mass protests in November, is now a crime scene ...

A politician has been shot dead and another wounded in a shooting inside the parliament of the Russia-backed breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia. Abkhazia’s state news agency Apsnypress cited ...

Thousands of protesters opposing a proposal that would allow Russians to buy property in Abkhazia, a Russian-backed separatist region of Georgia, stormed the parliament and presidential offices on ...

The leader of Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia is resigning after days of mass protests over a controversial pro-Russia bill. Aslan Bzhania's press office said he was quitting "to maintain ...

On Sunday, the president of Georgia’s Russian-backed separatist region of Abkhazia vowed to remain in office despite ongoing protests demanding his resignation. Aslan Bzhania told the Russian state ...

Russia has begun providing emergency electricity supplies to Georgia’s Moscow-backed separatist region of Abkhazia, the region’s Energy and Transport Ministry announced, reported TASS. The ...

TBILISI - A lawmaker in Abkhazia, a breakaway Georgian region supported by Russia, was shot dead at the parliament building, the press service of the region's presidency said. Lawmaker Vakhtang ...

A lawmaker in Abkhazia, a breakaway Georgian region supported by Russia, was shot dead at the parliament building, the press service of the region’s presidency said. Lawmaker Vakhtang Golandzia ...