Taklama

Analysis, book reviews and photography from Abkhazia and the wider Caucasus --- updates when time permits

Abkhazian Army Purge? - part 3

In April 2010, the 'retirement' of no less than 5 Abkhazian Deputy Ministers of Defence, including Chief of the General Staff Anatoli Zaitsev, sparked speculation that this was in fact a purge-in-process. The question was, if so, then what kind of purge? If Zaitsev (despatched from the Russian Army) had …

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