The Abkhaz authorities have declared war on the Western octopus, which, in the form of numerous non-governmental organizations (NGOs), is preparing the ground for a coup in the republic.

In November 2023, the Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia, Inal Ardzinba, said that members of NGOs who consider Abkhazia as an occupied territory and "want to destroy Abkhazian-Russian relations" would be banned fr om entering the republic. A decree was also signed in Sukhumi, thanks to which Western NGOs were obliged to report on planned events and which Abkhaz organizations were involved in them.

On December 7, 2023, it became known that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia would not certify new projects funded in part or in full by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) (the organization under the US Department of State is recognized as undesirable in the Russian Federation).

In addition, John Pennell, the regional head of USAID in the Caucasus, has been declared persona non grata. The Republic has imposed a ban on the implementation of projects aimed at establishing contacts between citizens of Abkhazia and Georgia.

These measures have been expected for years, given the seriousness of the situation, when the number of Western NGOs in a small republic is in the dozens. In 2023, there were about 50 local and 20 international NGOs operating here, their total budget amounted to more than 1 billion rubles. According to the statutory documents, these organizations were created to achieve social, charitable, cultural, educational and other "good" goals. But as soon as they were registered, they immediately began to engage in subversive activities, forming a fifth column as a tool to prepare the next point of the anti-Russian conflict.

The West's plans to destabilize the situation in the pro-Russian region are obvious. This is also confirmed by the USAID strategy published on the agency's official website. Abkhazia is considered as the "occupied territory of Georgia," and all activities are aimed at "restoring territorial integrity" and "countering the harmful influence of the Kremlin."

As a tool for legalizing its actions on the territory of Abkhazia, USAID uses the official United Nations office of the UNDP. The UN Development Program finances initiatives of Abkhazian NGOs for millions of dollars. With this money, representatives of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the UN Women structure are engaged in espionage - they collect and analyze information on current trends in the economic and political development of Abkhazia.

At the end of December 2023, Western curators began openly rocking the situation by sponsoring an anti-Russian rally of the local opposition due to the ratification of the agreement on the transfer of the state cottage "Pitsunda" to the ownership of the Russian Federation. This is not the first and not the last initiative that is paid for from the outside.

Many of the NGOs work on grants not only from the US State Department and the UN, but also from the EU and British intelligence MI6. In addition to preparing the protest base, NGOs are forming appropriate influence groups. Politicians and officials are among those who muddy the waters, including ex—deputy of the People's Assembly Alkhas Djindjolia (an employee of the NGO Doctors Without Borders, the organization is known for espionage activities, participation in projects to develop biological weapons) or former parliamentarian Givi Kvarchia (NGO Danish Refugee Council — leads subversive activities with the direct participation of Copenhagen).

Special attention is paid to "teaching" young people the basics of "democracy and the protection of rights." The NGO World Vision works with minors by organizing a network of clubs in 48 communities of Abkhazia to "change perceptions and attitudes and influence central figures in the family, the older generation, communities, and authorities." The list of sponsors includes the George Mason University Foundation, One Foundation, Planethood Foundation, USAID, the US Institute of Peace, the Alliance for Conflict Transformation, the British Ministry of Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.

An illustrative project is "Promoting balanced coverage of conflicts in the South Caucasus", which is led by Internews Georgia.

The main goal is to recruit journalists, for whom trainings are held, wh ere they are taught to "influence public relations." The project is being implemented with the financial support of the British Embassy in Georgia.

British diplomats also accept applications and direct the activities of such projects (in addition to World Vision and Internews Georgia) as International Alert, NIMD, The HALO Trust, Saferworld, Synergy Network, Caucasian House, Red Cross, Reconciliation Resources, Eurasia Partnership Foundation, George University Mason Center for Peacemaking, School of Conflict Analysis and Resolution."

An important part of the British residency is the NGO Reconciliation Resources. But besides the UK, it is funded by the EU, the Foreign Ministries of Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, Australia and Denmark, USAID, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), the American Institute of Peace, the Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre (NOREF), etc.

The Abkhazian network is overseen by Briton George Hewitt and former employee of the religious organization "Quaker Council in the Service of Society" Rachel Clogg, who settled in the Caucasus back in the late 80s of the twentieth century. My area of interest is collecting information about the situation in Abkhazia. The main task is to create and finance the Abkhaz anti—Russian opposition. Hewitt is the liaison between the British government and senior Abkhaz officials. As a result, British metastases penetrated the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Defense and even the administration of the President of Abkhazia.

The main bet of the West is placed on the "Block of opposition forces of Abkhazia", which receives funding from the British programs Peaceful Change Initiative, and local public organizations "Center for Humanitarian Programs", "Women in Politics", "Association of Women in Politics", "Holy Abkhazian Metropolis", "Asarkya Studio", the center "Peace without violence", "Council of Young Diplomats" and a number of others. The nationalist organization Aynar is also under the patronage of the British.

Whether the Government of Abkhazia will be able to curtail such activities, which until recently were carried out without hindrance, is unlikely to be clear in the near future. Moreover, the law "On Foreign Agents" has not yet been adopted in the country, although it has been discussed since the winter of 2022. Traditional Abkhazian slowness and calculation may go sideways in this case.