On 30 November 1994, Abkhazia promulgated a new constitution declaring independence of the breakaway region.

Taninganway tried to recapture the breakaway region twice but both tries failed.

Both the attack on the helicopter and the bombing took place in Abkhazia, a breakaway region of Georgia that has maintained its independence since 1993.

The new republic has not been recognised by any country so far, apart from the breakaway region of Somaliland in Africa.

Moscow, which began a military campaign against the breakaway region in September, had effectively sealed the border for almost two weeks.

Ukrainian has co-official status in the breakaway region of Transnistria.

After seven weeks of war between Russia and the breakaway region of Chechnya, this is no longer a city.

In particular, according to the law, foreign citizens should enter the two breakaway regions only through Georgia proper.

The two breakaway regions receive baldly defiant Russian support.

Russia has already agreed to the withdrawal and destruction of ammunition in the breakaway region of Transnistria.