Georgian Citizen Sentenced for Espionage in Occupied Abkhazia
A court in occupied Abkhazia has sentenced a Georgian citizen to over six years in prison on allegations of espionage. The verdict was delivered on Thursday, June 18, 2026.
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Thursday, 18 June 2026
Regional * Georgian citizen Shalva Khizanishvili has been sentenced to six years and nine months in prison for espionage, according to an Abkhazian Supreme Court ruling. Khizanishvili was originally detained in October 2025 in the Gali District after Abkhazian State Security Service (SGB) officers found weapons, ammunition, and Georgian documents, including currency and bank cards, in his home in the village of Shashikuara. Explosives were also found in a dog kennel on the property. * Prime M
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The “supreme court” in Russia-occupied Abkhazia sentenced Georgian national Shalva Khizanishvili to six years and nine months in a “maximum-security penal colony,” after finding him guilty of “espionage” and “illegal acquisition, possession, and carrying of firearms, ammunition, and explosive devices.” Khizanishvili, a teacher from Gali, an area in Abkhazia settled by ethnic Georgians, was detained …
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