According to sources close to the de facto administration the soldier is 20 year Tatul Harutyunyan and he was injured as a result of cease fire violations. The sources say that he is in a critical conditoon but no further information is available.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Abkhazia this week to open a new building for the Russian Embassy in the territory. The visit and the context in which it is taking place are likely to be seen as an act of provocation by the Georgian government.
Governments in the region continue to balance between financial gain and the health of their citizens. In the meantime, the cigarette wars between local producers, and tobacco giants are likely to become even fiercer.
Council of Europe chief monitor Cezar Florin Preda stated that "in general, the referendum did not live up to Council of Europe standards. The legal framework was inadequate for the holding of a genuinely democratic process"
Ilham Aliyev told a gathering of non-oil sector exporters at a national conference held in the district of Yevlakh that the country had very good results in the first quarter of 2017 which proved that the reforms launched in 2016 were working.
With 99.27% of the votes counted, the yes vote appears to have won the constitutional referendum in Turkey, with 51.35% voting yes, and 48.65% voting no.