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Russia: Calling Abkhazia Via Russia

Posted 6 November 2009 0:46 GMT 1 · Written by Veronica Khokhlova

Categories: Central Asia & Caucasus, Eastern & Central Europe, Georgia, Russia, International Relations, Politics, Technology

Eternal Remont reports ^[1] that “as of November 16, Abkhazia will adopt Russian area codes for telephone service. This means than everyone trying to reach Uncle Bagrat in Gagra will have to call Russia and not Georgia.”