Depardieu accused of breaking Georgian law with Abkhazia trip TBILISI (Reuters) - French-born actor Gerard Depardieu broke the law in Georgia by visiting the country's breakaway Abkhazia region and meeting separatist leaders without warning national authorities, an official said on Wednesday. Ketevan Tsikhelashvili, deputy minister for reintegration in the Caucasus state bordering Russia, said the action was punishable but signaled he was unlikely to face ...
July 3, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
Georgia criticises Depardieu visit to breakaway region Georgia said Wednesday that French movie star and new Russian citizen Gerard Depardieu had broken local law by visiting the Moscow-backed breakaway region of Abkhazia.
July 3, 2013 - Fox News
Sergey Lavrov in USA Today One can forget about any talk about Georgia's territorial integrity because, I believe, it is impossible to persuade South Ossetia and Abkhazia to agree with the logic that they can be forced back into the Georgian state,Russian Foreign...
Condoleezza Rice in Washington Post This is not an agreement about the future of Abkhazia and the future of South Ossetia,Rice said, referring to the two flashpoint areas. "This is about getting Russian troops out."
President Bush in The Age Georgia is a member of the United Nations, and South Ossetia and Abkhazia lie within its internationally recognized borders,Bush said, adding: "There's no room for debate on this matter."