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What events in abkhazia were covered by prominent international media outlets in 2017 Stella Adleyba, Sukhum

What did the world find interesting about Abkhazia in 2017? One way to answer this question is to look at the events covered by international news outlets.

We chose three Russian publications: Novaya Gazeta, Kommersant and Meduza, in addition to the BBC, The Guardian, and the American newspaper The New York Times.

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January 2017 - The Guardian
The Council of Ministers building burned down during the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict in the 1990S. The photograph was part of a series shot by Russian photographer Maria Gruzdeva. while on an assignment from the paper, she traveled along the Russian border and took pictures of border-zone cities.
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February 2017 - BBC Russian Service

The article was titled 'Visa-free Schengen regime for Georgia will not affect Abkhazia' and quoted statements made by Tbilisi and Sukhum.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia said that visa-free travel to the European Union would entice Abkhazia to return. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia answered that this was 'yet another unsuccessful attempt by Tbilisi authorities to ‘attract’ citizens of the Republic of Abkhazia back to the politico-judicial space of Georgia'.

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March 2017 - BBC Russian Service
Parliamentary elections in Abkhazia
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July 2017 - Russian Novaya Gazeta (with JAMnews' participation)
The analysis of the reasons for, and consequences of the mugging of two Russian families vacationing in Abkhazia
One person was killed
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July 2017 - Russian Meduza
A story covering the crash of a small Russian plane in Abkhazia. Three people died, including a child
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August 2017 - Russian Kommersant
The article was called: “19 Russian citizens injured in blast in Abkhaz arms depot.”
The story was about an explosion that took place in an arms depot located in Abkhazia.
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September 2017 - The Guardian
The paper published an in-depth article with a number of photographs under the title: “A Story about Sukhumi” in the publication’s insert: “cities in the spotlight.”
Included in the article were a number of interviews with citizens and the president who spoke at length about life in the republic and the damage caused by the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict.

There was also a trailer for the film 'Tangerines' which looked at the Georgian-Abkhaz war of the 1990s.

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September 2017 - The New York TImes
The paper offered a photo-report from Abkhazia in its “Traveller’s blog” section

The author was Russian photographer Kseniya Kuleshova who explained her idea as follows: “My aim was not to concentrate on the war or the ruined buildings. I didn’t want to concentrate on the negative side. Abkhazia, in the local language, means 'land of the soul'. I wanted to find the soul.”

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October 2017 - The New York Times
Photo report on the life of residents of the former institute of cardiology in abkhazia
This was a prominent institute back in Soviet times. But after the war it became a residence for internally displaced people.
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October 2017 - Russian publication Meduza
A story titled “How people in unrecognized republics surrounding Russia try to earn with cryptocurrencies”. “In order to get cryptocurrency, you need a lot of electricity, and the cheaper it is, the more profitable mining is. Unsurprisingly, enthusiasts and even officials from Abkhazia, the DNR and transnistria are beginning to speak about the cryptocurrency future of these territories.”
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October 2017 - Russian paper Kommersant
A sort of mystery story about how the former head of the National Bank of Abkhazia was arrested for stealing 28 million roubles [around 500 thousand US dollars] from the well-known Russian artist Vladimir Etush.
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November 2017 - BBC Russian Service
A scandal concerning the dismantling of a monument in Scotland which featured an Abkhaz flag and was dedicated to those who died in the Georgian-Abkhaz armed conflict in the beginning of the 1990s.
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photos by Ibragim Chkadua, Dmitri Stateynov, Sergey Demyanov / JAMnews

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