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Significance
However serious Bzhania's intentions, it is significant that he spoke about joining a regional grouping rather than Russia itself. Although Abkhazia is dependent on Moscow, the transfer of a resort area to Russian control shows local resentment over Abkhazia's perceived subservience.
Impacts
Western goodwill towards Abkhazia will diminish because it is another unrecognised territory like Russian-occupied Ukraine.
If Russia annexes parts of Ukraine, other unrecognised territories will make their own choices rather than copying the trend.
Because Abkhazia is isolated, realistically it has no alternative to investment from Russia.
Keywords:
Georgia,
RUCIS,
Russia,
Caucasus,
CIS,
international relations,
politics,
social,
foreign policy
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