About Inal Khashig
Inal Khashig is founder and editor of Chegemskaya Pravda, an independent newspaper in Sukhumi, Abkhazia. Earlier he worked at the State Information Agency "Apsni Press." Since 2002 Inal has also been co-editor of the Caucasian newspaper Panorama. In 2000, with support from the BBC and the British NGO "Conciliation Resources," he facilitated a series of radio broadcasts entitled "No Peace, No War," about post-war life in Abkhaz and Georgian communities. He has participated in several Georgian-Abkhaz civil society peacebuilding dialogues.
Sergei Bagapsh died suddenly at the end of May, halfway through his second and final term as president of Abkhazia. The country was thrown into turmoil, though behind the scenes juggling for position between potential presidential candidates had already begun. The country needs a new president and a new direction, says Inal Khashiq though relations with Moscow remain supremely important.





















