There is constant misrepresentation in the West or pro-Georgia propaganda that Abkhazia is led by a gang of separatists. I would reccomend those people to tell a fable to their kids: “There is separatis country ruled by separatist governemtn and there are separatist children drinking separatist milk and separatist old people in the streets and they drive separatist car. Everything could be Ok with them and they could look like us but there is one thing that distinguish them from us - they are separatists, they are not people so we have to kill them all”. As for the government it was installed right after war with Georgia - Putin was not there even on the political horison. There was pro-Georgian Eltsin who together with Georgia put Abkhazia under sanctions. By the way recent elections in Abkhazia when Putin backed candidate was rejected by people of Abkhazia could be indication that we form our Government by ourselves, despite of the opinion of any Russian leader. As for those Georgian who may have right to vote too. Do you mean those who fought against Abkhazia on the Georgian side? Or do you mean those who were resettled to Abkhazia in Stalin & Beria & Shevardnadze time in order to assimilate Abkhaz population?
Refugees is always a big problem and it was not Abkhazia who bare responsibility for them - it is Georgia that started the war and created huge humanitarian catastrophy. By the way Georgian population fled before Abkhaz Army entered the occupied territories.
Today Abkhazia is comprised of three main ethnic groups which to your surprise are: Abkhazians Armenian and Georgians, most of this ethnic groups are presented in the Parliament and Government. Even if continuing your logic and letting all former Georgian popultion to return will you guarantee that this mass return will not cause severe consequences and new war. Even if they all return and become majority again and vote for incorporation into Georgia will you guarantee that Georgian nationalistic policy will allow any Abkhazia in Abkhazia? I think not and there is no need to experiment with this because all non-Georgian population perfectly remembers from the past history how Abkhazia was part of Georgia. For Georgians there is a country called Georgia their motherland where they may live but Abkhaz have no other home. If Georgian Army eneters Abkhazia they will not mercy anybody non-georgian here. But when it will be happening you will be watching cenic news about restoring constitutional oreder over rebels and again separatist children women and old people. So it is better to be alive and not recognised then dead and part of Georgia.

Glenn, you bring a point of abkhazians not being separatists, and meanwhile attack georgian refugees as a potential warmongering people. You should also know that nobody in Abkhazia represents the will, no rights of Georgian population. Georgian language is forbidden, not just for conversational use but educational as well. It is not being studied at schools, not even in Gali district - densely populated by Georgians and severely oppressed.

Most of the civilian, Georgian population of Abkhazia had fled before the advancing separatists forces, simply because there were troubling reports of what those separatists have been doing in Gagra, Kochara, Gudauta - against georgians. Thanks for regarding displaced Georgians as “big problem”. As a displaced persona myself, your words are like honey to my soul. Thanks for after all these humiliations it is again us, Georgian refugees, to be humiliated again. How can we call people who called upon North Caucasian terrorists for help, as separatists. Shamil Basaev, Soslan Bekov, and many other world famous terrorists got their battle scars killing civilian Georgians. It's fine, apparently we are the big problem and should be all cleansed and mass murdered. Who cares, right? As long as terrorists and separatists are happy. Lets give them independence, lets give them whatever they want, after all they have accomplished it all at the expense of Georgian people. You have laid very solid foundations for new democratic state - the blood & bones of Georgians.

Thanks again, Glen, your comments couldn't get any more cynical. We, the displaced people of Abkhazia, will always remember your kind words.