18 August 2026
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia sadly announces that Igor Muratovich Akhba, a prominent statesman and diplomat of the Republic of Abkhazia and the first Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Russian Federation passed away in Sukhum on August 18 at the age of 76 after a long and serious illness.