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Russia commences construction of naval base in occupied Abkhazia

The base, revealed through satellite imagery and intelligence reports, raises regional tensions and underscores Moscow's strategic moves in response to military challenges in the Black Sea

byOrysia Hrudka

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CNN: Russia to set up a naval base off the coast of Abkhazia

The so-called leader of Abkhazia, a Georgian region occupied by Russia on the Black Sea, says there will…

byOlena Mukhina

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Russia to set up naval base in Georgia’s Abkhazia as Ukrainian strikes threaten Crimea base

In the wake of Ukrainian strikes challenging the Russian Black Sea Fleet's hold in Crimea, Moscow turns to Georgia's occupied Abkhazia for a potential new naval base, as claimed by a self-styled Abkhazia president after meeting with Putin.

byYuri Zoria

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How to stop Russian aggression in post-Soviet states? | 30 Years of Freedom, p.4

Moldova Unlike most of Moldova, which was part of Romania in the interwar period, Transnistria was an autonomous…

byBohdan Ben

A Russian election advertisement in Transnistria, Moldova (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

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Weak response to Russian Duma elections in Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia

From the standpoint of international law, these territories belong to Moldova, Georgia, and Ukraine, respectively; and their residents…

byThe Jamestown Foundation

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Qarabagh war outcome opens way for Putin to create ‘post-Soviet space 2.0,’ Dubnov says

The most important outcome of the Qarabagh war was not the defeat of Armenia, the victory of Azerbaijan,…

byPaul A. Goble

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Vitaly Portnikov: Putin as “peacemaker” in Karabakh is a warning signal for Ukraine

Thus, Putin is once again a “peacemaker”. It is not at all difficult to remember what happened in…

byVitaly Portnikov

Russian soldiers invading Georgia taking photographs by the road sign showing 66 kilometers to the country's capital Tbilisi. August 2008. Photo: Social media

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Troop disengagements with Russia work only after capitulation to Russia: lessons from Georgia and Moldova

The disengagements of troops in Moldova and Georgia took place under interstate agreements on a ceasefire signed between…

byYuri Zoria

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North Caucasus expert: Moscow’s actions in Abkhazia and Chechnya justify fears about ‘Steinmeier formula’

Those in Ukraine and elsewhere who fear that the Steinmeier plan will end by becoming the Putin plan…

byPaul A. Goble

Vladimir Putin's personal advisor Vladislav Surkov (R) photographed talking to Oleksandr Zakharchenko, the assassinated head of the so-called "DNR" in 2017. Ex-PM of the "DNR" Alexandr Boroday stands to the left of Zakharchenko closer to the camera. (Photo: 161.ru)

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Surkov seen remaining in charge of Kremlin policy on Donbas, Abkhazia and South Ossetia

After a media boomlet suggesting Mikhail Babich, the recently recalled Russian ambassador to Minsk, would replace Vladislav Surkov…

byPaul A. Goble

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Ten years after: why Georgia failed to reintegrate its occupied territories

Read also: Georgia’s lessons of peacebuilding now instructive for Ukrainians Never-ending Geneva These days ten years ago, the Russo-Georgian…

byEuropean Pravda

Putin's speech at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow in February 2012, almost exactly two years before he commanded the Russian military to start the annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea. (Image: Ilya Varlamov)

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Northern Kazakhstan likely to be Putin’s next target for aggression

Given that Vladimir Putin very much hopes to get a new political boost like the one he received…

byPaul A. Goble

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North Caucasus republics could flourish on their own, Israeli political analyst says

Even people who accept that the North Caucasus is a Russian colony often argue that the republics of…

byPaul A. Goble

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Russian outpourings into the Caucasus

It is restless again on the Russian Federation’s (RF) southern border. This unrest should not be a surprise…

byEuromaidan Press Contributor

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Georgia’s lessons of peacebuilding now instructive for Ukrainians

I met Julia in 2016, when being a volunteer in the summer peace camp for Ukrainian kids who…

byIhor Vynokurov

Putin. MH17: The blood on his hands. (Political cartoon by Ramirez, 2014)

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“Putin tells why Russia is seedbed of terrorism” and other neglected Russian stories

The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…

byPaul A. Goble

stages of the russian occupation in a nutshell

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Hybrid warfare: stages of Russian occupation in frozen conflicts in a nutshell

The frozen conflicts Russia controls in the territory of the neighboring states are: Transnistrian conflict in Moldova (also…

byYuri Zoria

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Policy shift shows Russia preparing to recognize its puppet republics in Donbas

On February 18, President of Russia Vladimir Putin signed a decree on recognition of “passports” issued by so-called…

byYuri Zoria

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Georgia slams “elections” in occupied Abkhazia as legitimizing Russian aggression

Unlike occupied Crimea, Russia has not annexed Abkhazia. Just like in Ukrainian Donbas, the idea of separatism was…

byOlena Makarenko

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Former Soviet republics must and will become Russia’s ‘protectorates,’ Moscow blogger says

Given loose talk among some in the West about recognizing a Russian sphere of influence over the former…

byPaul A. Goble