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Ethnic cleansing of Georgians in Abkhazia

Zhemal Gamakharia, Chairman of Abkhazia’s Supreme Council, a regional-level parliament.

Georgian politicians from Russian-occupied Abkhazia run a ‘government-in-exile’

Leaders

Many people living in Georgia  who fled Abkhazia in 1993 now say they are dissatisfied with the politicians in charge of their needs.  

Many of Tskaltubo's sanatoriums will soon be renovated and reopened to tourists once again through an initiative funded by the government and private investment.

Longtime refugees in Georgia say goodbye to the Soviet-era sanatoriums they called home

Displacement
The Soviet-era central government complex in Sukhumi was nearly destroyed during the destructive 1992-93 war of secession that killed more than 20,000 people and forced more than 200,000 ethnic Georgians from their homes.

Abkhazians are missing out on Russia’s $51 billion Olympic party

Conflict & Justice
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