Abkhazia’s de facto security service has arrested a Georgian national, Shalva Khizanishvili, on suspicion of spying for Tbilisi, according to media reports. Local news agency Apsnypress and RFE/RL’s Russian-language service Ekho Kavkaza reported that Khizanishvili was detained on October 1 in the village of Shashikvara, in Abkhazia’s Gali district. The de facto authorities claimed that …| Civil Georgia
Ruslan Gvashev, a 67-year-old Circassian activist who was fined for performing a traditional Circassian prayer in public, has ended his hunger strike after 25 days. The appeal against his fine has been postponed. Krasnodar’s regional appellate court was due to make a final decision on whether to overturn the fine against him on 5 October, but the hearing was postponed until 14 October. After dozens of supporters gathered at the court and urged him to stop, he announced he would abandon h| OC Media
I spent almost two months traveling through the Balkans. In order, I went through: Moldova Romania Bulgaria Serbia Kosovo North Macedonia Albania Montenegro Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbia ag…| Matt Lakeman
