In Russia, they were outraged by the portrait of Shamil Basayev in the Abkhazia museum
The State Museum of Abkhazia, restored at the expense of the Russian budget, hung a portrait of the Chechen field commander Shamil Basayev. In Russia, he is recognized as a terrorist.
Shamil Basayev appeared in the exhibition "Heroes of Abkhazia". He took part in the Georgian-Abkhazian war on the side of the self-proclaimed republic.
"If Abkhazia is a supposedly "puppet" that is completely dependent on the Russian Federation, then the question arises, why do we need such puppets? If it cannot be controlled in any way. Maybe we should let it go its own way? In the sense of - back to Georgia?", - political scientist Georgy Bovt was outraged.
"In Abkhazia, they decided not to spit at Russia anymore, but to immediately start throwing shit at it," - wrote orientalist Nikolay Sevostyanov.
Recently, the Russian authorities effectively stopped funding Abkhazia. In particular, from the first days of September, the payment of salaries to doctors, teachers, security forces, as well as pensions and other social benefits, has been suspended.
