Georgians Wary of Medvedev Overtures
Russian prime minister talks of improving relations five years after 2008 war, but makes it clear there will be no compromise on key issues.
Russian prime minister talks of improving relations five years after 2008 war, but makes it clear there will be no compromise on key issues.
Refugees from past wars navigate path between adapting to life where they are, and their hopes of returning home one day.
New government postpones deadline for providing proper housing to people displaced by past conflicts.
As new administration seeks thaw with Moscow, president’s people want pro-West, anti-Russia clauses written into constitution.
Activists date emergence of widespread problems to the conflict of the early 1990s.
Traditional expectations create glass ceiling for female leaders.
IWPR/UN Women event focuses on areas with high numbers of refugees from Abkhazian and South Ossetian conflicts.
Government roadmap envisages direct route to restoring sovereignty over Abkhazia and South Ossetia, but experts say more innovative approaches are needed.
President Alexander Ankvab likely to seek continuity, though some fear more authoritarian style.
With no clear front-runner in sight yet, any successor to the late President Bagapsh faces task of promoting Abkhazian interests in close but unequal relationship with Moscow.