Recent decrees and strategy of Russian President Vladimir Putin demonstrate that the issue of granting and revoking Russian citizenship is an important tool for establishing control in the South Caucasus.
De facto Abkhazia has sharp repressive approaches towards independent civil society organizations and activists.
According to information disseminated on July 15, the European Union sent an official letter to Ivanishvili’s government regarding the possibility of reviewing the conditions of the visa-free regime.
A series of alarming incidents in Akhalgori over the past few months and an audit by the de facto government have revealed serious violations of children’s rights.
For the first time after a 30-year pause, air flights were restored between the Russian Federation and the de facto republic of Abkhazia and a Russian passenger plane landed at Sokhumi Airport.
The Democracy Research Institute echoes another cycle of repressive legislation introduced by the illegitimate legislative body, which is being considered in an accelerated manner.
According to the information disseminated by TV Pirveli Company, the State Security Service allegedly conducted illegal surveillance/wiretapping in monasteries.
Involvement
of de facto South Ossetia in the Russia-Ukraine war resulted in humanitarian and
human losses.
Today, May 31, the Foreign Agents Registration Act, also known as FARA, came into force.
The de facto authorities have strengthened preventive and security measures throughout the territory of South Ossetia.