Abkhazia: preliminary socio-political results of 2017
https://doi.org/10.46272/2587-8476-2017-0-3-43-55
Abstract
The article analyses the political situation in Abkhazia in 2017, namely, the activities of the government and the opposition, parliamentary elections, their results and the power balance in the new legislative body. It also studies the existence of the third force, which is a topical issue in Abkhazian society. The author examines the grave socio-economic situation in the Republic this year, which continues to worsen, and comes to the conclusion that the reasons for this deterioration are the failure of the tourist season and catastrophic Abkhazian reputation losses. Besides, the article scrutinizes the main problems in Russian-Abkhazian relations, the aggravation of the crime situation in Abkhazia, the current church footing (splits in church congregations) and issue regarding the Gali residents’ status.
About the Authors
А. Yu. Skakov
Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Alexander Yu. Skakov, Ph.D (history), senior researcher at the Center for Central Asian, Caucasian and Volga-Urals Studies at the Instutite of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; leading researcher
Russian Federation
Alexander Yu. Skakov, Ph.D (history), senior researcher at the Center for Central Asian, Caucasian and Volga-Urals Studies at the Instutite of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; leading researcher
V. М. Мukhanov
MGIMO
Russian Federation
Vadim М. Мukhanov, Ph.D (history), senior researcher, Center for the Caucasian studies and regional security, Institute for International Studies; leading researcher, Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Vadim М. Мukhanov, Ph.D (history), senior researcher, Center for the Caucasian studies and regional security, Institute for International Studies; leading researcher, Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences
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Skakov А.Yu., Мukhanov V.М. Abkhazia: preliminary socio-political results of 2017. Journal of International Analytics. 2017;(3):43-55. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.46272/2587-8476-2017-0-3-43-55
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