Georgia Accuses Russia of ‘De-Facto Annexation’ of Rebel Region

Georgia condemned a pact between its breakaway region of Abkhazia and Russia today as an effective takeover of its territory.

Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged to give 5 billion rubles ($111 million) to Abkhazia next year at a meeting in Sochi with Abkhaz President Raul Khadzhimba, where they signed a new accord on alliance and strategic partnership.

The agreement amounts to “de-facto annexation” and violates a cease-fire that ended Georgia’s war with Russia in 2008, Georgian Foreign Minister Tamar Beruchashvili told reporters in Tbilisi. She called on the international community not to recognize the agreement.

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