Abkhazia’s ‘creeping’ incorporation. The end of the experiment of a separatist democracy

Abstract:

On 5 March 2015 a Russian-Abkhazian treaty on alliance and strategic partnership came into effect; it had been signed on 24 November 2014.

In fact, the treaty provides a “roadmap” for the incorporation of Abkhazia into the Russian area of defence and economic and social affairs: as soon as the transition periods defined in the treaty expire, Russian standards and legal regulations will be rolled out in these areas.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Russia’s “Neighbourhood Policy”: the case of Abkhazia http://www.europeansources.info/record/russias-neighbourhood-policy-the-case-of-abkhazia/

ESO: Background information: Georgia cries fouls as Moscow strengthens ties with Abkhazia http://www.europeansources.info/record/georgia-cries-fouls-as-moscow-strengthens-ties-with-abkhazia/

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