On November 30, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, who supervises the occupied regions of Georgia in the ministry, Mikhail Galuzin, held a meeting with the Adviser to Alan Gagloyev, the de facto President of the Tskhinvali region, Konstantin Kochiev, and the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the de facto Republic of Abkhazia, Irakli Tuzhba. Kochiev and Tuzhba represent the occupied regions at the Geneva International Negotiations, and this meeting was devoted to the preparation for the 59th round of the Geneva Talks which will be held on December 5, 2023.

On November 24, as part of the Vision 2023 journalistic competition, the Prime Minister of the de facto Republic of Abkhazia, Alexander Ankvab, met with Andrei Kondrashov, the Director General of the Russian News Agency – TASS. The so-called Ambassador of Russia to Abkhazia, Mikhail Shurgalin, and the Head of the representation office of the Federal Agency for the CIS, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Affairs in Abkhazia (Russian House) in Abkhazia, Dmitry Fedotov.

On November 22, during his visit to Moscow, the speaker of the de facto parliament of Abkhazia, Lasha Ashuba, met with members of the Russian Federal Council. The meeting was attended by the Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council, Konstantin Kosachev, the Chairman of the Committee on Defense and Security, Vladimir Bulavin and his first deputy, Vladimir Chizhov. The members of the delegation of the de facto republic were also the Chairman of the so-called Parliamentary Committee on Defense and National Security, Temur Shergelia, and the Counselor of the so-called Embassy in Russia, Madina Avidzba.

Author: Arsen Araqelov

On November 16, a representation office of the Federal Agency for CIS, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Affairs in the occupied Tskhinvali region (hereinafter - Russian House), Sergey Komissarov, met with schoolchildren in the “Republican Children's Library.”

Author: Elene Mindiashvili

On November 14, the Head of the representation office of the Federal Agency for CIS, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Affairs (Russian House) in the occupied Tskhinvali region, Sergey Komissarov, met with the Chairman of the Rossy society, one of the Russian compatriots’ organizations, Svetlana Kotaeva.

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On November 9, within the framework of his working visit to Moscow, the President of the de facto Republic of Abkhazia, Aslan Bzhania, met with the Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council, Rashid Nurgaliyev. Nurgaliyev supervises the occupied regions of Georgia in the Security Council.

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Author: Arsen Araqelov

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On October 17, the de facto Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Tskhinvali region, Akhsar Jioev, met with the Director of the 4th CIS Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denis Gonchar, who oversees relations with the countries of the South Caucasus. Gonchar also supervises the direction of the occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region.

On October 17, a working meeting was held in Moscow on the implementation of the program for the formation of a common social and economic space between Russia and Abkhazia based on the harmonization of the Abkhaz “legislation” with the Russian one.