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Russia strikes deal to build new Black Sea naval base in breakaway Abkhazia region
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05/10/2023
Abkhasia's leader says he has agreed to allow Moscow to set up a naval base in the Black Sea port of Novorossysk after a series of Ukrainian attacks on Russia's fleet in Sevastopol.
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A gross violation of Georgia's sovereignty.
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That's what the foreign minister in Tbilisi is calling a deal that will allow Russian
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President Vladimir Putin to build a new naval base in the breakaway Abkhazia region.
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Moscow has recognized the enclave and the territory of South Ossetia as independent
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states since 2008.
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On Thursday, Abkhazia's leader said he had agreed to allow Moscow to set up a naval base
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in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk after a series of Ukrainian attacks on Russia's
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fleet in Sevastopol.
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Some experts say Putin is retreating in the face of Ukraine's counter-offensive, but others
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say the move is a strategic one.
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The UK's foreign and Commonwealth affairs chief says Russia may be expanding its naval
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presence towards Turkey to prevent the safe passage of Ukrainian grain ships.
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Experts fear that Russia is transferring warships to Abkhazia to pave the way for future annexation.
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For now, only four other countries, including Syria and Venezuela, recognize the enclave's
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independence.
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