A new publication by the Rondel Foundation reviews the main events and trends in Russion-occupied regions of Georgia in 2024.

The Federal Agency for the CIS Countries, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Affairs in occupied Abkhazia has opened a resource center at the Secondary School N 1 in Gali.

Russia and occupied Abkhazia agreed on the volume of duty-free exports of petroleum products from Russia to Abkhazia in 2025. Representatives of the Russian Ministries of Energy and Economy and representatives of the de facto Ministries of Energy and Transport, and Economy signed the agreement on December 25.

On December 3, in Moscow, the Russian Minister of Emergency Situations, Alexander Kurenkov, met with the de facto Minister of Emergency Situations of the Tskhinvali region, Ibragim Gaseev.

On November 26, in Moscow, the chairman of the de facto parliament of the Tskhinvali region met with the chairman of the State Duma, Vyacheslav Volodin. According to Tskhinvali, the meeting discussed „issues of effective development of parliamentary cooperation between the two countries.“

On November 23, the Russian President signed a federal law „on the ratification of an agreement on the development of military-technical cooperation with South Ossetia.“

The political crisis that began in Georgia’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia region on November 15 ended with an agreement between the de facto government and opposition representatives. According to the agreement, the de facto President, Aslan Bzhania, resigned on November 19, several months before the expiration of his term. Unlike previous cases, this time Russian government officials were not directly involved in resolving the political crisis.

During his visit to Moscow, the de facto President of the Tskhinvali region, Alan Gagloyev, met with the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, Alexander Novak, who supervises the direction of occupied regions in the russian government.

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On October 30, the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Economy of Abkhazia, Kristina Ozgan, and the Minister of Economic Development of Russia, Maxim Reshetnikov, signed an investment agreement. The agreement provides for the implementation of investment projects by Russian companies on the territory of Abkhazia.

On October 22, a meeting with a delegation of the Russian Ministry of Justice took place in the Ministry of Justice of the de facto Republic of Abkhazia. The Russian delegation was represented by Dmitry Babekin, the Deputy Director of the Department of the International Law and Cooperation of the Russian Ministry of Justice.

On October 15, during his working visit to Moscow, the de facto president of the Tskhinvali region, Alan Gagloyev, met with the Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council, Rashid Nurgaliyev, who supervises the occupied regions of Georgia in the Council.

With the support of Russian private investors and the Russian government, a canning factory was opened in the village of Pris of the occupied Tskhinvali region.

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On October 1, the so-called Minister of Foreign Affairs of the de facto Republic of Abkhazia, Sergey Shamba, met with Anastasia Udaltsova, a deputy of the Russian State Duma, a faction member of the Russian Communist Party.