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.

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.

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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.

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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.

On September 26, the speaker of the de facto parliament of Abkhazia, Lasha Ashuba, met with Vladislav Kulikov, the Head of the representative office of the Federal Agency for CIS States, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Affairs in Abkhazia. Kulikov was appointed to the position in early September.

On September 24, in Sokhumi, the President of the de facto Republic of Abkhazia, Aslan Bzhania, hosted a government delegation from St. Petersburg. The Russian delegation was headed by the Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg, Kirill Polyakov.

In September, 2024, Vladislav Kulikov was appointed as the Head of the Representative Office of the Federal Agency for the CIS, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Affairs in Abkhazia.

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The office of the Federal Agency for CIS States, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Activities (hereinafter referred to as Russian House) in the occupied Abkhazia has a new Head, Vladislav Kulikov.

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As part of his visit to Moscow, the President of the de facto Republic of Abkhazia, Aslan Bzhania, met with the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, Alexander Novak. Novak supervises the direction of the occupied regions in the Russian government.