Russian intervention in the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict: A history of tensions and turmoil

The Georgian-Abkhazian conflict, which began in the early 1990s, has been marked by the tensions and violence between the government of Georgia and the breakaway region of Abkhazia. This paper takes Georgian-Abkhazian relationships as a case study to probe the devastating political, economic, and military involvement of Russia, which has had a hand in inciting these conflicts by supporting the Abkhazian separatists, making false claims about the attitude of the central government of Georgia towards the Abkhazian language and ethnicity. The presented article provides a historical analysis of several debatable questions related to the so-called historical independence of Abkhazia, the influence of the Russian Empire, Soviet Union, and the role of the Russian Federation in the relations of the two ethnicities, and the most paramount point-how Russia manipulated Abkhaz actors and fueled the ignition of the conflict.