On August 23, 2020, the de facto Minister of Defense of Abkhazia, Vladimir Anua, met with the Minister of Defense of Russia, Sergey Shoygu. The meeting was held within the framework of forum "Army-2020", held in Russia.

On May 27-28, 2019, Anatoly Bibilov, de facto President of Tskhinvali Region, visited Moscow. Part of his working visit was to meet with Sergey Shoygu, Minister of Defence of Russian Federation.