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The situation is escalating in Georgia's second breakaway republic - Abkhazia. Its troops are on the move towards the security zone in the Gali region close to the border with Georgia. Meanwhile they are continuing a military operation to dislodge Georgian forces in the upper Kodori Gorge in northern Abkhazia.
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Election Opinion Survey Results-December 19, 2008
AISER
Abkhazia Institute for Social and Economic Research
Irakli Gagua,
Ramaz Mitaishvili,
Ushangi Rezhinashvili
http://www.abkhaz ia.com
http://www.abkhaz eti.com
http://www.stream press.com
http://abkhazeti. ru
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has declared that Russia will recognise the independence of Georgia's breakaway republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. He made the announcement in Sochi following a unanimous vote for the republics' independence by both houses of the Russian Parliament in Moscow on Monday.
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Abkhazia is urging Russia to take military control of the breakaway Georgian republic. Georgia has also announced that it's pulling out of an air defence agreement with Russia. Both steps come amid tensions over Georgian spy flights.
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Unsuccessful attack of Abkhazian separatists against Georgian warriors.
Combatants: Georgian Volunteers, Interior and Defense Ministry forces - Against: - Abkhazian Separatist Volunteers, Russian Regular Army (also "Spetsnaz Tapir"), Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus, Amenians (Bagramyan Battalion), Russian Cossacks, Ossetian Volunteers.
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Abkhazia is marking 15 years since it first declared independence from Georgia. Festivities will be held throughout the day. Abkhazians recently asked Moscow to protect them from possible Georgian aggression, following last month's attack on South Ossetia. Russia has since recognised both republics' independence.
