The Nauru government claims this aid is not related to its recognising Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Venezuela recognised Abkhazia in September 2009.

The following is a list of political entities that formally recognise Abkhazia.

Later, Vanuatu recognized Kosovo in 2010 and Abkhazia in 2011.

Venezuela recognized South Ossetia and Abkhazia on September 10, 2009.

To this day, Armenia has not recognized South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states.

The following lists all the states that have ever recognized Abkhazia or South Ossetia.

Specifically, a number of days ago, Russia recognised Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

On August 26, 2008, Russia officially recognized both South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states.

Medvedev's toughest foreign policy decision has been to unilaterally recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia.