Category: Conflicts / Occupied Territories
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The Post-Soviet Conflicts Watch provides an overview of ongoing conflicts and post-conflict developments across the post-Soviet space. The document presents a review and analysis of key events and trends in the Russian-occupied regions of Georgia — Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region — as well as in the breakaway region of Transnistria, the autonomous entity of…
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Giorgi Bidzinashvili The incorporation of Ossetian military personnel into the 4th Military Base of the Russian Ministry of Defence, stationed in the occupied Tskhinvali region since the 2008 Russo-Georgian War, entered an active phase in 2017. The move was seen as effectively dissolving the so-called “Ossetian army” in the occupied territory. Russia’s objective – to…
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Giorgi Bidzinashvili Since the 2008 Russo-Georgian War, the Russian Defence Ministry’s 7th Military Base has been the main guarantor of security in occupied Abkhazia. Nonetheless, the de facto Abkhazian defence ministry continues to hold a degree of significance, as its general staff has frequently been led by ethnic Russian senior officers with prior service in…
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Giorgi Bidzinashvili The ultimate guarantor of security in the occupied Tskhinvali region since the 2008 Russo-Georgian War has been the 4th Military Base of the Russian Defence Ministry. However, the de facto Defence Ministry retains a certain degree of importance in its capacity, often headed by ethnic Russian high-ranking officers who previously served in the…
