President of the Russian Federation, Dimitri Medvedev and De Facto President of Abkhazia, Sergei Baghapsh, signed an agreement on Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Support between the Russian Federation and Republic of Abkhazia. The agreement was signed for a ten year period with the possibility of automatic prolongation by five years. It went into force on December 23, 2008. 

President of the Russian Federation, Dimitri Medvedev and the de facto leaders of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region signed an agreement on “Cooperation between the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, State Security Service of Abkhazia and State Security Committee of South Ossetia”.

President of the Russian Federation, Dimitri Medvedev and the leaders of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region signed an agreement on “Joint Measures for Protecting State Borders between Russia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia”. Through the agreement, Russia accepted an obligation of protecting the borders of the occupied regions, including the maritime border, before Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region would form their own border defense forces.

Russian Federation and Tskhinvali region signed an agreement on supporting Tskhinvali region’s social-economic development.

Russian Federation and Abkhazia signed an agreement on military cooperation. The agreement envisages strengthening “measures of military security and trust”, ensuring the security as well as airspace control of Abkhazia, interactions in the fields of maritime military issues, military intelligence, back and technical support, preparation of personnel. The agreement enables Russia to construct, use and perfect military infrastructure and bases on the territory of Abkhazia, also granting it power to create joint military units during peacetime or war alike.

Government of the Russian Federation and de facto Government of Tskhinvali Region signed an agreement on mutual visa-free travel for the citizens of Russia and Tskhinvali Region. It went into power on 25 April 2011.

President of the Russian Federation, Dimitri Medvedev and De Facto President of Abkhazia, Sergei Baghapsh, signed an agreement in Moscow on joint Russian military bases on the territory of Abkhazia. The length of the agreement period is 49 years with the possibility of automatic extension.

Government of the Russian Federation and De Dacto Government of Tskhinvali Region signed an agreement on military-technical cooperation. The agreement went into force on June 22, 2010.

In Moscow, the de facto Minister of Economy of Abkhazia, David Iradyan and Deputy Minister of Economic Development of Russia, Mikhail Oseevski, signed an agreement on the regime of trading goods between the government of the de facto Republic of Abkhazia and the Russian Federation. The agreement enables the parties to remove any customs duties when exporting goods to each other’s territories.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Sergei Lavrov and de facto Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tskhinvali Region, David Sanakoyev, signed an agreement regarding the state border between Russia and Tskhinvali region. The agreement came into force on the day of exchanging ratification certificates, on September 29, 2016.  Negotiations on the delimitation of de facto borders between Russia and Tskhinvali region started in 2010.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia and de facto Foreign Ministry of Abkhazia signed a memorandum in Moscow on the creation of the mechanism for foreign policy coordination. 

In Moscow, de facto Ministry of Defence of Abkhazia and the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation have signed agreement on joint military unit. The agreement envisages joint military unit creation aimed at responding to armed attacks on any side and to various military threats.

Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, Igor Zubov and de facto Minister of Internal Affairs of Tskhinvali Region, Akhsar Lavoev, signed an agreement in Tskhinvali on “Formation and Rules of Work of a Joint Informational-Coordination Center of Internal Affairs Structures”. According to Zubov’s statement, the aim of the Center is to coordinate the work of Russian and Ossetian law enforcement structures in fighting organized or other types of crime. In order to reach its goal, the Center must ensure the recording, analysis and exchange of information regarding these crimes. The work of the Center will be fully funded by the Russian side.

De facto Minister of Healthcare of Abkhazia, Tamaz Tsakhnakia and Minister of Healthcare of Russia, Veronica Skvartsova, signed an agreement on cooperation in the following fields: organizing the insurance of Russian citizens permanently living in Abkhazia in terms of Russian Federation’s mandatory insurance as well as giving care to them in medical organizations on the territory of the Russian Federation. The agreement will enable Russian citizens permanently living in Abkhazia to get health insurance and medical care in Russia. 

Ministry of Healthcare and Social Development of Russian Federation and de facto Ministry of Healthcare and Social Development of Tskhinvali Region signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of healthcare.

Merab Kishmaria, de facto Minister of Defence of Abkhazia, met Sergei Shoigu, Minister of Defence of Russian Federation, in Moscow. Joint agreement on financing modernization of de facto armed forces of Abkhazia was also signed at the meeting. The agreement was signed within the framework of Alliance and Strategic Partnership agreement between Russia and Abkhazia.

A program for the formation of a common social and economic space between Russia and Abkhazia was approved on the basis of harmonization of the legislation of Abkhazian and the Russian Federation. From the Russian side the Deputy Prime Minister, Marat Khusnullin, and the Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration, Dmitry Kozak, and from the Abkhaz side the de facto President, Aslan Bzhania, and the de facto Prime Minister, Aleksandr Ankvab, signed the program. The program is aimed at creating favourable conditions for the full participation of Abkhazia in the integration processes initiated or supported by Russia. Within the framework of the program, 45 events are planned with the time frame of 2-3 years. During this period, legislation should be harmonized in number of fields: economics, finance (budget and tax policy, foreign economic and banking activities, investment protection, customs law), energy, social sphere (medicine, education, social protection).