It wasn’t the plan to take a rusted, Soviet-era paddleboat across a mountain lake in a war-ravaged and internationally disputed territory along Russia’s southern border, but it seemed like a good idea ...

TAKE a peek inside the holiday home of one of history’s most controversial leaders – Joseph Stalin. Located on Lake Ritsa in Abkhazia an autonomous region of Georgia – the modest property once ...

The modest property located on Lake Ritsa, in Abkhazia, an autonomous region of Georgia, was home to the Soviet Union and his family during the warm summer months Bookmark ...

The de facto government of Abkhazia says it plans to build a large ski resort in the region, though the initiative has ...

The breakaway region of Abkhazia has endured the chilling effects of a "frozen conflict" since the early 1990s, when it first sought to split from Georgia as that country was fighting for its own ...

In the aftermath of the 2008 Russia-Georgia war, Russia recognized Abkhazia, a breakaway region of Georgia, as a fully independent country. 1 The sun sets over a pier and the waterfront quay in the ...