The “Common Social and Economic Space” Agreement Between Abkhazia and Russia: A Path to Russia?

IF 0.5 Q3 AREA STUDIES

Caucasus Survey Pub Date : 2023-09-15 DOI:10.30965/23761202-bja10021

Badri Belkania

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Abstract

Abstract This article examines the “Common Social and Economic Space” agreement signed between the de facto state Abkhazia and its patron, the Russian Federation, in November 2020 and its potential implications for the further development of Abkhaz- Russian affairs. Based on a careful assessment of the gradual development of Abkhaz- Russian relations, the content of the new agreement, and the geopolitical context surrounding it, the article argues that Russia is using the agreement, which obliges Abkhazia to adapt to Russian legislation in vital social, political, and economic sectors, to eliminate a crucial legal barrier against Moscow’s further inroads into the de facto republic. The article concludes that this so-called “harmonization agreement” constitutes an important preparatory step towards a potential full integration of Abkhazia into the Russian Federation.

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阿布哈兹与俄罗斯的“共同社会经济空间”协议:通往俄罗斯的道路?

本文探讨了事实上的国家阿布哈兹与其赞助人俄罗斯联邦于2020年11月签署的“共同社会和经济空间”协议及其对阿布哈兹-俄罗斯事务进一步发展的潜在影响。基于对阿布哈兹-俄罗斯关系的逐步发展、新协议的内容以及围绕该协议的地缘政治背景的仔细评估，本文认为，俄罗斯正在利用该协议，该协议要求阿布哈兹在重要的社会、政治和经济领域适应俄罗斯的立法，以消除莫斯科进一步入侵事实上的共和国的关键法律障碍。该条的结论是，这项所谓的“协调协定”是阿布哈兹可能完全并入俄罗斯联邦的重要筹备步骤。

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Caucasus Survey Arts and Humanities-History

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1.30

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9.10%

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期刊介绍： Caucasus Survey is a new peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary and independent journal, concerned with the study of the Caucasus – the independent republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, de facto entities in the area and the North Caucasian republics and regions of the Russian Federation. Also covered are issues relating to the Republic of Kalmykia, Crimea, the Cossacks, Nogays, and Caucasian diasporas. Caucasus Survey aims to advance an area studies tradition in the humanities and social sciences about and from the Caucasus, connecting this tradition with core disciplinary concerns in the fields of history, political science, sociology, anthropology, cultural and religious studies, economics, political geography and demography, security, war and peace studies, and social psychology. Research enhancing understanding of the region’s conflicts and relations between the Russian Federation and the Caucasus, internationally and domestically with regard to the North Caucasus, features high in our concerns.