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Civil Georgia
July 4, 2017
The agreement on dual citizenship, is part of the treaty on “the friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance” signed between Russia's President Dmitri Medvedev and the Abkhaz leader Sergei Bagapsh on September 17, 2008. According to the document, citizens of one contracting party can obtain theÃÂ ...
Civil Georgia
July 4, 2017
The agreement on dual citizenship, is part of the treaty on “the friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance” signed between Russia's President Dmitri Medvedev and the Abkhaz leader Sergei Bagapsh on September 17, 2008. According to the document, citizens of one contracting party can obtain theÃÂ ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
December 4, 2016
One was Sergei Shamba, who served first as foreign minister then as premier under Ankvab's predecessor, Sergei Bagapsh, and now heads the former ruling party Yedinaya Abkhazia. That party, together with the National Front of Abkhazia for Justice and Development, the Party of Economic DevelopmentÃÂ ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
April 27, 2016
In late January, Shamba was elected chairman of the One Abkhazia party, which was established in 2004 to back the candidacy of then Prime Minister Sergei Bagapsh in the presidential elections that fall. One Abkhazia then demonstratively pulled out of Khajimba's Coordinating Council, citing as its reasonÃÂ ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
August 18, 2011
The three candidates in the preterm ballot on August 26 to elect a successor to deceased de facto Abkhaz President Sergei Bagapsh signed a formal pledge at the start of the election campaign last month to ensure the ballot is free and fair, and to refrain from unfair criticism of each other. And they haveÃÂ ...
New York Times
May 29, 2011
MOSCOW — Sergei V. Bagapsh, who led the Black Sea enclave of Abkhazia through a tumultuous effort to gain independence from Georgia without being absorbed by Russia, died Sunday in Moscow. He was 62. Mr. Bagapsh had successful surgery to remove growths on his lung on May 21, butÃÂ ...
Newsweek
August 18, 2010
In the meantime, Abkhaz President Sergei Bagapsh told NEWSWEEK that he has already received 300 million rubles of 9 billion offered, and that he has reached an agreement with Putin that will allow Russian citizens to own private property in Abkhazia. He boasted that the airport Sukhumi will open nextÃÂ ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
February 18, 2010
MOSCOW -- Ties between Abkhazia and Russia have blossomed at a frantic rate ever since Moscow recognized the Georgian breakaway republic's independence following the Russia-Georgia war in 2008. In the latest step, Abkhazia's de facto leader Sergei Bagapsh says his almost universallyÃÂ ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
February 17, 2010
(RFE/RL) -- Russia and the Georgian rebel region of Abkhazia today signed a deal allowing Moscow to establish a military base on its soil, further raising tensions with Georgia. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Abkhaz separatist leader Sergei Bagapsh witnessed the signing of the deal by theirÃÂ ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
December 11, 2009
The incumbent Abkhaz leader, Sergei Bagapsh, who has the tacit support of Moscow, is the strong favorite in a field of five candidates. Bagapsh's strongest rivals are his former vice president, Raul Khajimba, the runner-up in the hotly contested 2004 election, and businessman Beslan Butba, chairman ofÃÂ ...
Spiegel Online
July 16, 2009
Interview with Abkhazian President Sergei Bagapsh 'We Won't Beg for Diplomatic Recognition'. Once a popular holiday getaway for the communist elite, tiny Abkhazia is now a de-facto republic at odds with most of the world. President Sergei Bagapsh spoke with SPIEGEL ONLINE about his nation's plans,ÃÂ ...
BBC News
December 28, 2008
Outside, I notice a large roadside billboard poster in which Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is pictured next to his Abkhaz counterpart, Sergei Bagapsh, with the slogan "Peace! Freedom! Independence!" Russia and Abkhazia - just like the two men in the poster - stand shoulder-to-shoulder at theÃÂ ...
Civil Georgia
July 4, 2017
... mutual assistance” signed between Russia's President Dmitri Medvedev and the Abkhaz leader Sergei Bagapsh on September 17, 2008.
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
December 4, 2016
One was Sergei Shamba, who served first as foreign minister then as premier under Ankvab's predecessor, Sergei Bagapsh, and now heads ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
January 4, 2012
PERA, initially in opposition to the leadership of then President Sergei Bagapsh, shifted in early 2010 to a more moderate, centrist position ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
August 18, 2011
The three candidates in the preterm ballot on August 26 to elect a successor to deceased de facto Abkhaz President Sergei Bagapsh signed a ...
New York Times
May 29, 2011
MOSCOW — Sergei V. Bagapsh, who led the Black Sea enclave of Abkhazia through a tumultuous effort to gain independence from Georgia ...
Newsweek
August 18, 2010
In the meantime, Abkhaz President Sergei Bagapsh told NEWSWEEK that he has already received 300 million rubles of 9 billion offered, and ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
February 18, 2010
In the latest step, Abkhazia's de facto leader Sergei Bagapsh says his almost universally unrecognized territory would consider joining a ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
February 17, 2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Abkhaz separatist leader Sergei Bagapsh witnessed the signing of the deal by their defense ministers ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
December 11, 2009
The incumbent Abkhaz leader, Sergei Bagapsh, who has the tacit support of Moscow, is the strong favorite in a field of five candidates.
Spiegel Online
July 16, 2009
Once a popular holiday getaway for the communist elite, tiny Abkhazia is now a de-facto republic at odds with most of the world. President ...
Civil Georgia
August 10, 2017
Russian-backed Sokhumi leader Sergei Bagapsh says he has sent 1 000 troops to Kodori Valley, adding that these actions are coordinatedÃÂ ...
Civil Georgia
July 4, 2017
... mutual assistance” signed between Russia's President Dmitri Medvedev and the Abkhaz leader Sergei Bagapsh on September 17, 2008.
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
December 4, 2016
One was Sergei Shamba, who served first as foreign minister then as premier under Ankvab's predecessor, Sergei Bagapsh, and now headsÃÂ ...
New York Times
May 29, 2011
MOSCOW — Sergei V. Bagapsh, who led the Black Sea enclave of Abkhazia through a tumultuous effort to gain independence from GeorgiaÃÂ ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty (blog)
March 30, 2011
When Russia recognized breakaway Abkhazia's independence from Georgia in August 2008, very few countries followed suit. But there wasÃÂ ...
Newsweek
August 18, 2010
In the meantime, Abkhaz President Sergei Bagapsh told NEWSWEEK that he has already received 300 million rubles of 9 billion offered, andÃÂ ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
February 18, 2010
In the latest step, Abkhazia's de facto leader Sergei Bagapsh says his almost universally unrecognized territory would consider joining aÃÂ ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
February 17, 2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Abkhaz separatist leader Sergei Bagapsh witnessed the signing of the deal by their defense ministersÃÂ ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
December 11, 2009
The incumbent Abkhaz leader, Sergei Bagapsh, who has the tacit support of Moscow, is the strong favorite in a field of five candidates.
Spiegel Online
July 16, 2009
Once a popular holiday getaway for the communist elite, tiny Abkhazia is now a de-facto republic at odds with most of the world. PresidentÃÂ ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
April 27, 2016
In late January, Shamba was elected chairman of the One Abkhazia party, which was established in 2004 to back the candidacy of then Prime Minister Sergei Bagapsh in the presidential elections that fall. One Abkhazia then demonstratively pulled out ofÃÂ ...
Georgia Today
April 21, 2016
However, at that time, the de facto leader Sergei Bagapsh got a refusal from the Kremlin for this and was even 'sacrificed' to his own initiative.
Democracy & Freedom Watch
April 17, 2016
Tbilisi, DFWatch - The official car of Almas Japua, MP in Abkhazia's de facto parliament called the National Assembly, was hit by an explosion on Saturday evening, Sputnik Abkhazia reports.
