NatPress: Bagapsh ordered To Sink Georgian Ships In Territorial Waters Of Abkhazia
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posted by eagle on September, 2009 as Abkhazia
Bagapsh ordered to sink Georgian ships in territorial waters of Abkhazia
3.9.2009
The President Sergey Bagapsh has ordered the Navy of Abkhazia to open a destruction fire on Georgian ships if they continue their acts of piracy in the territorial waters of Abkhazia.“Georgia continues with its acts of piracy near the territorial waters of Abkhazia, seizing foreign vessels with humanitarian cargo that are heading to our country. In this connection I took a decision on the use of appropriate measures”, the President told Apsnypress.“The order has been given to the Navy of Abkhazia to open fire if Georgian ships continue their acts of piracy. I underline the order has been given to Abkhazia’s Navy, as for the Russian troops in the region they are acting within the frameworks of the existing intergovernmental agreement”, Sergey Bagapsh specified.
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Today's Zaman: Turkey-Abkhazia Relations May Harm Turkish-Georgian Friendship
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posted by circassiankama on as Abkhazia
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Turkey-Abkhazia relations may harm Turkish-Georgian friendship
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Turkey is concerned with the fate of a Turkish citizen, the captain of
the ship Buket, who was sentenced to 24 years in prison by a Georgian
court on Wednesday. |
The ship was transporting 2,800 tons of fuel to the country's
breakaway region of Abkhazia and was manned by 17 Turkish and four
Azerbaijani crewmembers.Upon
capturing the ship, Georgia took the captains, one Turkish and the
other Azerbaijani, into custody. According to the court verdict, issued
on Wednesday, the two captains have been sentenced to 24 years in
prison. The ship was brought to Batumi, a port city close to Turkey,
and put up for auction. ... |
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RFE/RL: One Year After 'Independence,' Abkhazia And South Ossetia In Legal Gray Zone
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posted by circassiankama on as Abkhazia
One Year After 'Independence,' Abkhazia And South Ossetia In Legal Gray Zone
Tskhinvali residents celebrate the first anniversary of Russia's recognition of South Ossetia's independence.
August 26, 2009
One Turkish-operated ship was bound for Abkhazia carrying a supply of
fuel. Another vessel was departing for Turkey with a cargo of scrap
metal. Both were seized by Georgia's coast guard last week for
violating a ban on trade with its breakaway territory.
The
incidents, which sparked howls of protest from Sukhumi, illustrate the
ambiguous legal gray zone Abkhazia finds itself in one year after
winning coveted recognition of its independence by Russia.
It
was just weeks after fighting a bitter five-day war with Georgia last
summer that Russia shocked the world ...>> full artcle...
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RFE/RL: Smuggling Dispute Between Sukhumi, Tbilisi Enters Uncharted Waters, Legally
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posted by circassiankama on as Abkhazia
Smuggling Dispute Between Sukhumi, Tbilisi Enters Uncharted Waters, Legally
Georgia says it will impound any ships delivering cargo to breakway Abkhazia using its Black Sea coast.
September 04, 2009
As the war of words
escalates between Georgia and breakaway Abkhazia, Tbilisi this week
sent a strong warning to any sea captains tempted to deliver cargo to
the secessionist region.
A Georgian court sentenced a Turkish captain convicted of taking fuel to Abkhazia to 24 years in jail. The charge: smuggling.
That
is a charge that Abkhazia, which has declared independence from
Georgia, would hotly dispute. Authorities in Sukhumi say that Tbilisi
has no right to police the waters offshore of Abkhazia and this week
they threatened to sink any Georgian ...>> full artcle...
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Geotimes.ge: South Ossetia, Abkhazia Jail Two for Spying
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posted by circassiankama on as Abkhazia
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in Tskhinvali found a former serviceman of breakaway South Ossetia’s
border guard unit guilty of spying in favor of the Georgian side and
sentenced him to 16 years in prison.
Temur Gutsmazti was
arrested and charged with treason in September, 2008. The breakaway
region’s government has claimed that Gutsmazti was providing the
Georgian Interior Ministry information of military nature.
Meanwhile,
in breakaway Abkhazia a local supreme court found guilty a 40-year-old
woman of spying in favor of Georgia and sentenced her to 19 years in
prison, according to the Russian media reports. Diana Shedania was
arrested in September, 2008.
On August 28 Russia’s North
Caucasus Military Court found a former deputy commander of one of the
Russia’s military units of North Caucasus Military District, Lt.-Col
Mikhail Khachidze, ... |
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