Regional * The bailiff services of Abkhazia, Russia, and South Ossetia began a series of joint exercises yesterday, hosted by Abkhazia’s Justice Ministry. The goal of the exercises, which will continue until Sunday, is to ‘strengthen cooperation and develop a unified approach to actions in difficult conditions’, Russian state media outlet Sputnik reported. * Russian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksei Overchuk has said that Russia was ‘cautiously optimistic’ about the initialled peace tre...
