"As it seems the date is not accidental: there is four months gone since the assignment of the Association Agreement between Georgia and European Union and Russia offered Abkhazia to form the agreement of "cooperation-integration," reads the article in Swiss edition "Neue Zurchcher Zeizung".
"The project considers attaching more tightly the rebel region of Georgia to the Russian Federation: the spheres of integration contain social and military spheres, Moscow will receive functions of the head that controls. It means that Abkhazia is getting closer to Eurasian customs union. Tbilisi protests and underlines that this is one more illegal step in the annexation of Abkhazia by Russia. It must be said that the speaker of the Parliament Valeri Bganbga is skeptical towards this project and demands to make changes in, that takes into account to defend of sovereignty of the republic and equality of the sides.
Abkhazia is Black Sea side country which is isolated from Georgia after bloody conflict in 1990 and lives in poverty. The 70% of the budget of Abkhazia is financed from Moscow; all the products are being imported from Russia. 240 thousand Abkhaz has Russian passport in the pocket. Moscow recognized independency of Abkhazia after the war 2008 and after this Kremlin protects Sukhumi. In Abkhazia there are dislocated Russian military bases with nearly 5000 contingent and the border with Georgia is controlled by the border guards of Russia's Federal Security Service. The relations of Abkhazia and Russia influences negatively on the relations between Georgia and Russia. It must be said that Abkhazia is different from Ossetia which due to the international law belongs to Georgia, however it is also controlled by Russia de facto. Several months ago Abkhazians criticized policy of Russia concerning the situation in the republic - because of tough criminal and social situation. In summer time there was held protest actions that led to the change of the government,-there is said in the publication.