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proposals were put forward to address the problem, but Georgia's view of
Abkhazia as its internal affair and Abkhazia's full independence claims did
not allow these options to be implemented. Since 1998, a gradual
negotiation process has begun. From 1998 to 2001, meetings were held in
Athens, Istanbul, Yalta and Tbilisi. It was during this period that the
Abkhazian side refused to
declare independence, claiming that Georgia had
received a federal structure but had no official response. Based on this,
98% of Abkhazians voted for independence in a referendum in Abkhazia
on 3 October 1999. However, this step was considered unlawful by the
United Nations, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European
Union. England announced that the results of the referendum were against
the 1255 decision of the UN Security Council adopted on 29 July 1999 [9,
p. 102]. The results of the referendum were invalidated in a press release
No. SC / 6708, issued after the United Nations General Assembly
resolution of 31.01.2000. The main reason for this is that more than half of
the voters' independent decision-makers and Abkhazian people are not in
Abkhazia due to conflicts [10].
Generally, more than 350 meetings were held in connection with the
Abkhaz-Georgian conflict in 1993-2001, and about 400 documents were
signed [11, p 19].
If the collapse of the USSR meant the creation of a monopoly system,
the balance of forces had been changing since the 21st century, and the
election of Vladimir Putin in 2000 led to a new system of international
relations. In general, when analyzing the world of equilibrium, the states
should not only focus on economic and military potential, but also control
regions where they have the power to influence. From this point of view,
Russia has begun to build its foreign policy on the path of re-establishing
its reputation since Putin's presidency. Since then, Russia's South Caucasus
strategy has been focused on several areas:
1. Control
over the region with domestic,
ethnic conflicts;
2. Protection of the territorial
integrity of Russia;
3. Implementing the "Close Surveillance" political course;
4. Destruction of the "Atlantic" policy in the Caucasus, the US,
NATO's
withdrawal from the region;
5. Power Line Control;
6. Establishing the "Eurasian Empire".
On June 28, 2001, the Russian Duma makes a decision on the
"admission to the Russian Federation and the creation of new subjects
within its structure", which states that a merger of a foreign state or a part