2012 in Abkhazia

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Events in the year 2012 in Abkhazia.

Incumbents

• President: Alexander Ankvab
• Vice President: Mikhail Logua
• Prime Minister: Leonid Lakerbaia
• Speaker of Parliament: Nugzar Ashuba to April 3 Valeri Bganba

Events

February

• February 22 – Alexander Ankvab, president of Abkhazia, survives the sixth assassination attempt as his motorcade is ambushed on the road from Gudauta to Sukhumi.^[1]

May

• May 24 — In Chuburkhinji a settlement is opened for the families of Russian border guards.^[2]
• May 28 — Two policemen and one local resident sitting are shot dead in a cafe in Gali.^[3]
• May 30 — 37 repatriated members of the Abkhaz diaspora and their families receive restored apartments in Machara.^[4]

June

• June 4 — Valeri Kvarchia defeats Aida Ashuba in the second round of the rerun of the parliamentary election in constituency no. 21.^[5]
• June 4 — The Psyrtskha power plant in New Athos is reopened after repairs that started in September 2008.^[6]
• June 9 — Three prisoners escape from Dranda prison — two brothers from Shashikvara, Gali District, convicted for armed robberies and kidnapping, and one man from Grigolishi in Georgia's Zugdidi District convicted for the smuggling of weapons and drugs.^[7]
• June 11 — Two of the three prisoners who escaped on 9 June are captured in Ganachleba, Gulripsh District.^[8]
• June 21 — The last of the prisoners who escaped on 9 June is found dead in the Kodori river bed in Adziubzha, Ochamchira District.^[9]
• June 25 — Former Interior Minister Leonid Dzapshba is indicted for the abuse of funds at his disposal as the head of the Abkhazian Football Federation.^[10]

Deaths

• May 25 – Timur Logua, Deputy of the People's Assembly (born 1972).^[11]

See also

• 2012 in Georgia

References

1. Abkhazia Georgia leader Ankvab escapes deadly ambush. The BBC News. February 22, 2012. Accessed February 22.
2. "В селе Чубурхиндж Гальского района введен в эксплуатацию новый военный городок Погрануправления ФСБ России в Абхазии". Apsnypress. 24 May 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
3. "В городе Гал расстреляли двоих сотрудников милиции и одного местного жителя". Apsnypress. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
4. "37 абхазских репатриантов получили ключи от квартир в доме, восстановленном за счет государства в селе Мачара Гульрипшского района". Apsnypress. 30 May 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
5. "Валерий Кварчия вновь избран депутатом парламента.". Apsnypress. 4 June 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
6. "В Новом Афоне ввели в эксплуатацию малую ГЭС на реке Псырцха.". Apsnypress. 4 June 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
7. "Из Драндского СИЗО сбежали трое преступников". Apsnypress. 10 June 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
8. "В Абхазии задержаны двое из троих беглецов". Apsnypress. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
9. "Обнаружен труп Хазалия Бадри, совершившего 9 июня побег из СИЗО МВД РА". Apsnypres. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
10. "Возбуждено уголовное дело в отношении Леонида Дзапшба.". Apsnypress. 25 June 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
11. "На 41-м году жизни скоропостижно скончался депутат парламента Республики Абхазия действующего V созыва Тимур Логуа". Apsnypress. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.