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.

Abkhazian election: the President is dead, long live the President!

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

By Inal Khashig

/ 23 Jun 2011

Independent Abkhazia one year on

It need hardly be said that little remains of the boundless euphoria experienced by Abkhaz people on 26 August 2008, the day President Dmitry Medvedev announced the recognition of independence

By Inal Khashig

/ 18 Aug 2009

Lesson to the West: Abkhazian independence is a fact

Before 8 August most of the Russian elite believed that although Abkhazia and South Ossetia should be given all possible help, there was no need to hurry to recognise them

By Inal Khashig

/ 28 Aug 2008