Alexander Ankvab

Leaders of presidential race in Abkhazia unite – rivals may follow suit

February 12, 2020

Who’s running for the presidential office in Abkhazia, what Moscow has to say about the matter – an election review

Explainer: what happened in Abkhazia and what’s next – between the president’s dismissal & new elections

January 15, 2020

Most of the political players are well-known, but there is also a new influential figure - an ex-combatant of the war in Eastern Ukraine and a relative of a notorious thief in law

Abkhaz president agrees to resign, new presidential elections set for March 22

January 13, 2020

This was preceded by mass protests, an assault by the opposition on the presidential administration and a decision of the Supreme Court to remove him from office

Repeat presidential elections to be held in Abkhazia on March 22

January 12, 2020

The decision was made after the Supreme Court canceled the results of the last presidential election and dismissed President Khajimba, who now intends to appeal the decision

Abkhaz president dismissed by Supreme Court in win for opposition, new elections to be scheduled

January 11, 2020

The decision was made by the Supreme Court at an emergency meeting in the evening of January 10 amid mass protests

Abkhaz parliament requests president resign amid protests

January 10, 2020

President Raul Khajimba has refused to leave office, and protesters refuse to leave the presidential administration building, which they seized on January 9

Op-ed: how long will political groups continue to chase one another out of the Akbhaz presidency?

Presidential elections in Abkhazia

January 10, 2020

How to get out of the deadlock of the opposition controlling the presidential administration but the president not intending to resign

Abkhazia: more than 1000 opposition supporters storm presidential palace

January 09, 2020

The main demand of the opposition is for the presidential elections held in September 2019 to be recognised as illegitimate and for new elections to be scheduled:

Op-ed: Abkhaz opposition's storm of parliament resembles events of 2014

January 09, 2020

The main reason for the protest is the low trust in the authorities and in general the entire political elite in Abkhazia – political observer Inal Khashig