Russia has established its own presence in Abkhazia, South Ossetia.

On October 6, the President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, signed bills on ratification of agreements with South Ossetia, as well as Abkhazia, regarding the fact that they should have military bases of the Russian Federation. This happened after early elections were held in Abkhazia, and the elected head, Alexander Ankvab, visited Moscow for the first time. In fact, the presence of Russian military bases in Abkhazia cannot be called more acute than the problems of cross-border cooperation.

Alexander Ankvab, who is 58 years old, was able to get about 55% of votes during the early presidential elections, which were appointed after Sergey Bagapsh died, who did not even finish it until the middle of his second constitutional term. Alexander Ankvab arrived in Moscow on October 5 2011 of the year after Dmitry Medvedev invited him. A personal invitation was handed over to Valentina Matvienko, who provided Russia during the inauguration of the head of Abkhazia.

At about noon 6 October 2011, Ankvab laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, which is located in the Alexander Garden, and then went to the Kremlin. Russia was represented at the meeting by Sergey Lavrov, who holds the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs, as well as Sergey Prikhodko, Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation. From the Abkhaz side, Beslan Kubrava, who holds the position of finance minister, and Vyacheslav Chirikba, deputy head of the presidential administration, participated in the meeting.

After the talks were held, the heads of the departments of Russia and Abkhazia in the presence of two presidents signed four agreements. These agreements concern interaction and data exchange in the field of arranging border crossing points of Abkhazia and Russia, on cooperation in the field of protection, as well as rational use of transboundary water bodies, memorandums of cooperation between state archives, and mutual understanding in the field of sanitary protection of territories.

President Dmitry Medvedev conveyed to Marina Shonii, the widow of the former President of Abkhazia Sergey Bagapsh, the Order of Courage, which her husband was posthumously awarded.

The Russian Federation was able to conclude agreements on its own military bases, which should be located in Abkhazia, as well as in South Ossetia, in 2010. Dmitry Medvedev signed ratification bills. This was able to finally establish the legal registration of the deployment of military bases of the Russian Federation in these territories. As a result, the current issues of cross-border cooperation are acute.

At the moment, the state of the border crossings on the border between Russia and Abkhazia is unsatisfactory: the pedestrian crossing is being repaired, and the road crossing is crowded. The openness of the border for the transportation of cargo from Abkhazia is still theoretical, because Abkhazia is not part of the CIS, and the simplified rules could only be valid until it formally belonged to Georgia. Thus, simplified rules have not worked for about 3 years.

Alexander Skakov, an employee of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies, believes that the difficulties at the border largely depend on the interests of Krasnodar Region, whose authorities believe that Abkhazia is an undesirable competitor in the fields of agriculture, as well as tourism.

Thanks to the signing of an agreement on information cooperation in the field of state border arrangement, it will be possible to normalize the movement of goods, as well as people through the crossings located on the Psou River. This object is the only transboundary, which is located on the water.

On the eve of the meeting of the presidents, information appeared that they should discuss the problems that are associated with Russian facilities located in Abkhazia. Recently there have been serious scandals. The Russians reported that they are trying to take shelter, which is located in Abkhazia. In fact, it was about residential real estate, the owners of which left it before, or during the Georgian-Abkhaz war, which took place in 1992-1993. Now the owners understand that their homes no longer belong to them. In several cases, the courts of Abkhazia returned the housing to the previous owners.

Ankvab assures that the Russians will be able to participate in the privatization of objects, namely, factories, sanatoriums, as well as trade institutions. In the near future, the Russians will have the opportunity to buy residential real estate without resorting to intermediaries. At the moment, the Civil Code allows it, but it will be necessary to repeal by-laws that act by inertia.
The personal relationship between Ankvab and Dmitry Medvedev is favorable.

Comments

[Vadivak]

Yes, it is necessary to enlarge and expand, otherwise Mishiko and Kolyan stirred again

“The strategy of internal reforms and openness is your best chance for the people of Abkhazia and South Ossetia to make sure that their future is next to Georgian compatriots, in an open country, and not in isolated and enslaved pseudo-states,” N. Sarkozy said giving a speech on Freedom Square in Tbilisi

And according to the results of his speech, Mishiko awarded Kolyan with the Order of Victory named after St. George for his special support for Georgia and firm protection of its sovereignty and national interests. And Kolyan, in turn, awarded M. Saakashvili with the Legion of Honor.

The brothers exchanged tsatska, after which Mishiko said that France “adopted Georgia” on the way to NATO and the European Union, and N. Sarkozy regarded the statements as “unconditional support for Georgia and its European desire.” Kolya would feed Misha ..... breast

[svvaulsh]

Probably at that moment the only breast of the stroller was occupied by Carla Bruni .....

[redmont]

few. I thought more of us outside of Russia

[VALENOK]

Recently, the West has been trying in every possible way to try out weaknesses in Russian foreign policy in order to exert maximum pressure on us, in order to weaken Russia's geopolitical influence in our native regions in order to continue to take our place and to exist at the expense of new colonies, as France did all its history. sucking up resources, both human and minerals, and Abkhazia and South Os. if desired, this is little Switzerland with its resorts and nature. But neither this is important, the main thing is that someone skillfully played this game. 1 Russia allowed to start this war, eventually disputed territories will join us over time 2 We saved and thinned the situation in the whole region 3 demonstrated to the West the capabilities of the Russian armed forces noble.

[esaul]

We must not miss the moment and "satisfying the expression of the will of almost all the people of South Ossetia" at an accelerated pace to annex South Ossetia to the Russian Federation. Moreover, almost 80% of Ossetians really want it! They have always supported our people, from the time of the Scythians to the Second World War. They are a brave and grateful people, and they cannot be repelled.

[Siberian]

The map is kind of old. What are military bases in Georgia? They have been there for a long time, several years, no longer!

[Tyumen]

Ankvab assures that the Russians will be able to take part in the privatization of facilities, namely factories, sanatoriums, as well as trade institutions.

This is how the interests of Russians now look from the side.

[Nick]

Time to collect stones! And the first ones are already assembled!

[does it]

not what, they’ll restore, rebuild, the main thing is that they wouldn’t turn back to us later