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Vladislav Ardzinba, 1st Abkhazia leader
SUKHUMI, Georgia – Vladislav Ardzinba, who led the breakaway Georgian province of Abkhazia to de facto independence through a bloody war and ethnic cleansing, died yesterday, his doctor said. He was 64. Mr. Ardzinba died in a Moscow clinic, Anzor …
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First leader of Abkhazia dies
SUKHUMI, Georgia (AP) – Vladislav Ardzinba, who led the breakaway Georgian province of Abkhazia to de facto independence through a bloody war and ethnic cleansing, died on Thursday, his doctor said. He was 64. Ardzinba died in a Moscow clinic, Anzor …
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3-Day Mourning to be Announced in Abkhazia from 7 March
3-day mourning, regarding the death of first Abkhazian President Vladislav Ardzinba, will be announced in Abkhazia from 7 March. Vladislav Ardzinba’s body was brought to Abkhazia late last night. Civil service for the dead will be held at the …
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Scholar, ex-president of Abkhazia dies
Vladislav Ardzinba, leader of the breakaway Georgian province of Abkhazia, speaks to reporters in Moscow in 1992 while Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Georgian counterpart Eduard Shevardnadze listen. Ardzinba died Thursday at age 64.(Boris …
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Vladislav Ardzinba, Once Led Abkhazia, Dies at 64
Vladislav Ardzinba in 2006. His doctor, Anzor Gooz, said that Mr. Ardzinba died in a clinic but did not specify the cause of death. Russia recognized Abkhazia after the 2008 war with Georgia over another breakaway enclave, South Ossetia. The United …
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Vladislav Ardzinba, first leader of rebel Abkhazia, dies
Ardzinba died in a Moscow clinic, Anzor Gooz told The Associated Press without specifying … A year later he was elected chairman of Abkhazia, an autonomous province of ethnically diverse Soviet Georgia. Abkhazia lies on the Black Sea coast, its …
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Vladislav Ardzinba, 1st leader of Abkhazia, dies
Vladislav Ardzinba, who led the breakaway Georgian province of Abkhazia to de facto independence through a bloody war and ethnic cleansing, died on Thursday, his doctor said. He was 64. Ardzinba died in a Moscow clinic, Anzor Gooz told The Associated …
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Abkhazia: increasingly under Russia’s thumb
While Georgia’s leadership continues to view Russia as an occupier in Abkhazia, Moscow, which recognized the independence of Abkhazia (and South Ossetia) in the aftermath of the 2008 Georgia-Russia war, says it is simply a guarantor of its security …
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Russia and Georgia reopen vital land border crossing
DARIAL GORGE, Georgia: Bitter regional … only land border crossing that does not pass through Georgia’s Russian-backed rebel regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which were the focus of the bitter Georgia-Russia war in 2008. Moscow and Tbilisi …
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Abkhazia Appoints New ‘Foreign Minister’
TBILISI — The breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia has appointed Maksim Gvinjia as its de facto foreign minister, RFE/RL’s Echo of the Caucasus reports. Gvinjia replaces Prime Minister Sergei Shamba, who had also served as the self-declared …
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