The Democracy Research Institute (DRI) has been talking about the threats posed by the presence of the military occupation forces of the Russian Federation in de facto Abkhazia for years. 

The de facto South Ossetian authorites have responded to the report of the Georgian Dream Parliamentary Temporary Investigative Commission, positively assessing the declaration of the then Georgian Government as the culprit of the war.

ჩვენ გამოვხატავთ ღრმა შეშფოთებას თბილისის საქალაქო სასამართლოს გადაწყვეტილებაზე, რომლის საფუძველზეც ყადაღა დაედო რამდენიმე ცნობილი არასამთავრობო ორგანიზაციის საბანკო ანგარიშებს.

On August 23, the Head of the State Security Service, Anri Okhanashvili, unexpectedly resigned after less than 5 months of work. 

DRI echoes the judgment passed on August 8 by Judge Romeo Tkeshelashvili, according to which, after almost 8 months of detention, political prisoner Giorgi Akhobadze was found not guilty due to lack of evidence.

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.