Russia handed passports to residents of the breakaway Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and later used them as part of its justification for invading Georgia in 2008. But Lyudmyla ...

Mr Putin said there was "nothing unusual" about the passport offer ... used "passportization" in the breakaway Georgian areas of Abkhazia in 2002 and then South Ossetia in 2008, resulting ...

There are also concerns that Georgians with Russian passports will start buying properties in Abkhazia, including those who fought against Abkhazia in 1992–1993. They fear all this may lead to ...