Servicemen of the 7th Russian military base in Abkhazia worked out defensive tactics to repel conditional enemy’s surface forces and naval assaults.

As part of bilateral tactical exercises, engineer-sapper unit specialists of the 7th Russian military base in Abkhazia prepared defensive bridgehead at Nagvalou military polygon.

On February 21, 2019, in Moscow, at the Ministry of North Caucasus Affairs of the Russian Federation, Minister Sergey Chebotarev met with de facto Prime Minster of Abkhazia Valery Bganba. Igor Koshin, Deputy to Chabotarev, and Igor Akhba, Russian „ambassador“ to Abkhazia, also attended the meeting.

In Abkhazia about 500 servicemen of the Russian Southern Military District practised combat shooting.

On February 20, 2019, the Deputy Minister of North Caucasus Affairs of the Russian Federation, Igor Koshin, who is the curator of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region at the Ministry, held the first meeting of the Inter-Structure Working Group on Investment Cooperation in terms of the Intergovernmental Commission on Social-Economic Cooperation Between Russia and Abkhazia.

On February 20, 2019, in Moscow, the Secretary of the de facto Security Council of Tskhinvali Region, Valeri Valiev and the Head of the de facto President’s Administration, Igor Kozaev, discussed the issues of cooperation in the field of security with the Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Rashid Nurgaliyev. Nurgaliyev is the curator of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region within the Security Council of the Russian Federation.

In Abkhazia, as a part of joint exercises on command and control of air defence forces and air defence systems, anti-aircraft gunners of the Southern military District of the Russian Federation destroyed more than 60 air targets of conditional enemy.

On February 18, 2019, regular military exercises have been completed at the 4th Russian military base in the Tskhinvali Region. Bilateral tactical exercises took place at Dzartsemi military polygon.

On February 18, 2019, in Tskhinvali was held a meeting between the Tskhinvali Region de facto President Anatoly Bibilov, Deputy Minister of North Caucasus Affairs of Russia Igor Koshin, Deputy Head of the Directorate for Cross-Border Cooperation Denis Travin and the Russian „ambassador“ to the Tskhinvali Region Marat Kulakhmetov.

Radio-electronic combat specialists of the 7th Russian military base in Abkhazia exercised to defend significant facilities from UAV air strikes. Specialists completed standards in deploying radio-electronic combat complexes and stations.

On February 15, 2019, in Sochi, the Russian Federation, in the framework of Russian Investment Forum  2019, de facto state company of Abkhazia „Sea Shipping Company“ and Russian open JSC „Black Sea Cruises“ signed agreement to organize cruise connection between Abkhazian and Russian ports by 2020. 

On February 15, 2019, in Sochi, Russia, during the Investment Forum 2019, de facto Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Abkhazia Jansugh Nanba and the Deputy Governor of Krasnodar Krai Igor Galas signed activities program for 2019-2021.

According to the article published in „Российская газета“ on February 5, 2019, the Abkhazian Public Chamber, in cooperation with the Russian Public Chamber and the Foundation of Democratic Problems Research, conducted a sociological survey – „Abkhazia-2008: Socio-Political Processes and Problems Affecting the Population“. According to the survey, the top rating future leader of Abkhazia is Inal Ardzinba - well-known to Russian political circles.

On February 14, 2019, in Moscow, at the Foreign Affairs Ministry of the Russian Federation, regular round of consultations was held between Russia and Abkhazia. Aleksey Pavlovski, Director of the 4th CIS Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, and Igor Akhba, de facto ambassador of Abkhazia to Russia, participated in the meeting.

On February 14, 2019, in Sochi, Russia, during the Investment Forum 2019, de facto Prime Minister and the Finance Minister of Abkhazia Jansugh Nanba and the Governor of Nenets Autonomous Okrug Aleksander Tsibulski signed memorandum on intention to develop cooperation in trade-economic, scientific-technical and cultural fields.