2021 was a good year for Russia’s South Caucasus policy
Neil Hauer on how Russia ends 2021 with a stronger hold over security issues across the Caucasus
Georgia
Abkhazian Exceptionalism
Max Hess on why Abkhazia breaks away from the tendencies of other Russian-backed breakaway states
Passport expansion
Olga Gulina on how geopolitics helps Russia to address socio-economic and demographic challenges
Russia’s response to Belarus crisis: possible lessons from Abkhazia
Neil Hauer finds Russia’s reactions to popular uprisings in Abkhazia a compelling historical indicator of how Russia might react to the anti-Lukashenko protests in Belarus
Russia Might Change its Tactics in Abkhazia, but not its Strategy
Emil Avdaliani on how Abkhazia’s internal problems signal Moscow’s changing tactics towards the unrecognized regions in the former Soviet space
Safety in Legal Limbo: Refugees from Georgia, Ukraine and Russia
European bureaucrats are wondering why citizens from Eastern Europe are still seeking asylum in the EU a quarter century on from the relatively bloodless dismantling of the USSR