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After the Abkhaz side proved that the southern part of Aibga belonged to the Georgian SSR, the claim on the village was dropped by Russia. [12] [13] On 11 June 2014, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili generated controversy when he told the BBC News that Russia was "not interested in annexing" Abkhazia and South Ossetia. [14]
Georgia is a state party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). [1] The Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the ICC announced the preliminary examination of the situation in Georgia on 14 August 2008, shortly after a ceasefire agreement was achieved in a conflict that pitted Russia and Russian-backed South Ossetian secessionists against Georgia. [2]
Russian security forces were deployed along the demarcation lines with Georgia. Many international journalists and media companies, such as Al Jazeera, BBC and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, as well as non-governmental organizations, have referred to Abkhazia and South Ossetia as Russian-occupied territories. [8] [9] [10] [11]
For much of the period since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, Georgia has leaned strongly towards the West and tried to loosen the influence of Russia, to which it lost a brief war in 2008.
Considered occupied by Russia by Georgia. Samtskhe-Javakheti: 147,400 25 6,413 East Guria: 104,300 56 2,033 West Mtskheta-Mtianeti: 93,300 14 6,786 East Small part de facto part of South Ossetia, considered occupied by Russia by Georgia. Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti: 27,100 6.4 4,990 West
The conflict involves Georgia, the Russian Federation and the Russian-backed self-proclaimed Republic of Abkhazia, which is internationally recognised only by Russia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Nauru, and Syria; Georgia and all other United Nations members consider Abkhazia a sovereign territory of Georgia.
Russia began deploying boats from its own Black Sea Fleet on 21 September 2009, in response. [24] In August 2009, Russia and South Ossetia accused Georgia of shelling Ossetian villages and kidnapping four South Ossetian citizens. Russia threatened to use force unless the shelling stopped, and put its troops stationed in South Ossetia on high ...
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