Officials in the contested region in Georgia ignore international criticism and hold local elections anywayby Dima Bit-Suleiman PRAGUE, Czech Republic–The Georgian government and international organizations denounced the local elections held on 10 March in Georgia’s breakaway Abkhazia region as illegitimate. Despite several strongly worded statements and the urging of international organizations and foreign officials to cancel elections, Abkhaz separatist authorities […]

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