Abkhazia

·         On August 11, 2008 Russian forces entered Georgia from the breakaway region of Abkhazia in an apparent broadening of the conflict over South Ossetia… troops raided the town of Senaki to destroy a military base before leaving again.

·         Georgia said Russian troops had also pushed into Georgia from South Ossetia itself, approaching the town of Gori.

·         The US president strongly criticised Russia, saying it might be planning to depose the Georgian government.

ABKHAZIA

·         Broke away from Georgia in 1992-1993 war

·         De-facto independence not recognised internationally

·         2,000 Russian troops there sent as peacekeepers

·         Georgia seized strategic Kodori Gorge in Abkhazia in 2006

·         Abkhazia rejected Georgian offer of autonomy within federal state