The play “Two Soldiers”, based on a work of the same name by Khagani Aliyev, was staged at the Shusha State Musical Drama Theatre as part of events marking Remembrance Day.
Day: September 29, 2026
More than 2,000 fighters from the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia are taking part in Russia’s war against Ukraine, according to Artem Abramov, a representative of Russia’s 4th Military Base stationed in the occupied region.
Abramov made the statement during a roundtable at the “South Ossetian State University” on September 28, titled “The Role of Russia in Ensuring the International Recognition of South Ossetia.” The event brought together university students and representatives of the Russian military base.
“South Ossetia makes an important contribution to the Russian military operation in Ukraine,” Abramov said, according to the local state-run news agency RES. He said volunteers from the region had fought in [the Ukrainian region of] Donbas since 2014 and that their numbers had since increased significantly. “More than 2,000 fighters from South Ossetia are fighting in the SVO [‘Special Military Operation’] zone,” he said, using Moscow’s term for its full-scale war against Ukraine. Abramov added that many had received Russian military orders and medals.
Abramov also said that what he described as a “victorious” conclusion to the war would have a positive impact on the South Caucasus.
The involvement of volunteers and servicemen from Georgia’s Russian-occupied regions in Russia’s war against Ukraine has been reported since the early weeks of the full-scale invasion. In March 2022, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine alleged Russia was recruiting mercenaries from occupied Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia.
Later that month, it said Russia had transferred about 2,000 troops from the two occupied regions to Ukraine, which also included “South Ossetian” servicemen. Casualties among South Ossetian fighters were also reported in the first months of the invasion.
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Abkhazia and Russia have agreed to mutually recognise the results of customs inspections. The agreement is expected to speed up the clearance of goods at the Russian border on the Psou River.
Negotiations on the agreement took more than four years. Russia’s Federal Customs Service and Abkhazia’s Customs Committee signed the relevant protocol on 25 September.
The protocol provides for the electronic exchange of information on customs inspection results. This means that if one side has already inspected goods or a vehicle, the other side can use the results of that inspection in certain cases instead of conducting it again.
Abkhazia’s Customs Committee said the new mechanism should reduce border crossing times and ease pressure on checkpoints.
“This is particularly important during the holiday and citrus seasons, when passenger and vehicle traffic increases. We expect the new electronic cooperation mechanisms to shorten the time needed to complete the necessary procedures and improve the capacity of border checkpoints,” said Customs Committee head Otar Khetsia.
Previously, customs officials from both Abkhazia and Russia inspected each shipment separately. Disputes often arose when one side questioned the documents provided by the cargo owner and required the entire shipment to be unloaded. This caused queues at the border, much to the frustration of cargo owners.
Abkhaz officials say that the mutual recognition of customs inspection results is standard international practice and does not infringe on the sovereignty of either side.
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Abkhazia-Russia customs deal
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