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, Gulripshi 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. Archived from the original on 2012-05-29. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
3. "В городе Гал расстреляли двоих сотрудников милиции и одного местного жителя". Apsnypress . 28 May 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. 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. Archived from the original on 2012-06-03. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
5. "Валерий Кварчия вновь избран депутатом парламента". Apsnypress . 4 June 2012. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
6. "В Новом Афоне ввели в эксплуатацию малую ГЭС на реке Псырцха". Apsnypress . 4 June 2012. Archived from the original on 2014-08-11. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
7. "Из Драндского СИЗО сбежали трое преступников". Apsnypress . 10 June 2012. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
8. "В Абхазии задержаны двое из троих беглецов". Apsnypress . 11 June 2012. Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
9. "Обнаружен труп Хазалия Бадри, совершившего 9 июня побег из СИЗО МВД РА". Apsnypres . 21 June 2012. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
10. "Возбуждено уголовное дело в отношении Леонида Дзапшба". Apsnypress . 25 June 2012. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. 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. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2012.