A special report 01.07.2001 (2001)

The title of the program is "Alarm in the Tangerine Paradise".

The interethnic conflict between Georgia and Abkhazia was stopped thanks to the introduction of a Russian peacekeeping contingent into the conflict zone.

The fighting has ceased, but tensions in the Gali district remain.

Observers note that if Russian paratroopers are withdrawn from Abkhazia, the war will start again.

A political decision was recently made and the airborne regiment is to be withdrawn in early June.

What do the residents of Abkhazia and the military themselves think about this?

What is happening in the republic now?

How do civilians live under the blockade?

Our special report will answer these and other questions.

Video: a fragment of a documentary about Abkhazia.

Sun loungers on the embankment.

People on the streets of Sukhumi.

A woman on the alley of the botanical garden.

Cruise ships in the port.

People sunbathing on the beach.

People doing exercises in the pool of the sanatorium.

The building of the sanatorium.

Vacationers walking along the palm alley.

Caption: Abkhazia, the city of Sukhumi, June 2001. Kirisenko Andrey - a correspondent standing on the embankment talks about the situation in Abkhazia.

The building of the Abkhazia Hotel with broken windows.

Video: newsreel of gunshots, an armored personnel carrier next to a burning house, a soldier next to a box of mines, a man with a machine gun running down the street, a mortar shot, a view through a bush at city houses, a soldier firing a machine gun, soldiers firing machine guns from a trench, an armored personnel carrier rushing down the road, smoke from an explosion, houses destroyed by explosions, a tank driving down a city street, a man with a machine gun next to a truck, soldiers with machine guns moving in dashes, soldiers taking up positions.

Mavridi Alexander in a cemetery among monuments talks about the death of his son.

Panning across gravestones with portraits of the dead.

Mavridi Alexander in a cemetery talks about his pension, life and the war with Georgia.

A car drives along an arched bridge.

View of mountains and houses from a helicopter.

View of damaged buildings without glass in the city.

View of the seaport, buildings and ships in the dock from a helicopter.

People sunbathing on the beach, swimming in the sea.

Destroyed hotel building on the embankment.

Wine bottles on a conveyor belt are filled with wine.

A woman prepares boxes for packing wine.

Green tangerines on branches.

Ripe tangerines on a tree.

Broken sign "Restaurant Ritsa".

Dzhergenia Anri Mikhailovich - Prime Minister of Abkhazia speaks about the current situation in Abkhazia, the economy and independence.

An Abkhazian decorated with an order in national dress.

Men communicate on the street.

Men go out into the building.

Sign "Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Abkhazia".

Map of the area on the wall with the inscription Apsny.

View from the cable car cabin of the church and city buildings.

Bullet holes on the statue of a football player near the wall of the stadium.

At the border post, a Russian paratrooper checks the documents of a car driver.

View of the border post with the Russian flag.

Warning sign at the border post, next to a Russian peacekeeper.

Nikolay Sidorychev, Chief of Staff of the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Abkhazia, talks about the current situation, mining of roads, shelling and hostage-taking by Georgia.

A guard with a machine gun at the border post, a man is walking nearby.

The turret of an armored personnel carrier, the barrel of the gun is aimed at the road.

A barbed wire fence with a sign on a pole "Stop, they're shooting!

No entry or passage!" A peacekeeper with a machine gun inspects a car at the post.

View of the mountains from a helicopter.

A military helicopter in the air.

Andrey Kirisenko, a correspondent sitting in the helicopter cockpit, talks about the border between Georgia and Abkhazia.

View of the mountains and the river along which the border runs from a helicopter.

View of the building and the helipad.

The flags of Russia and the Airborne Forces are waving on the flagpoles.

A peacekeeper with a machine gun at his post.

A peacekeeper with a machine gun inspects a car at his post.

Five armored personnel carriers on the platform, their barrels pointed at the sky.

Territory of the Russian military base: an infantry fighting vehicle on the platform and trucks.

An infantry fighting vehicle drives along a concrete road.

A BUK missile launcher with anti-aircraft missiles is covered with a camouflage net.

A radar installation.

Drummers of a brass band beat their drums.

Paratroopers march in formation across the parade ground to form up.

Paratroopers march in formation across the parade ground, saluting.

A platoon of women in airborne uniforms marches across the parade ground.

The logo on the armor of an infantry fighting vehicle reads "Peacekeeping forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs".

Soldiers move a wooden box on the armor of an infantry fighting vehicle.

A truck drives across the territory of a military unit.

An administrative building with the flag of Abkhazia.

Trucks leave the territory of a military unit.

Against the background of military equipment, Popov Aleksandr - Deputy Commander of the Airborne Forces for the peacekeeping forces of Russia speaks about collective peacekeeping forces and the disbandment of two military bases.

A chevron on the sleeve "Russia, armed forces".

Popov Aleksandr - Deputy Commander of the Airborne Forces for the peacekeeping forces of Russia says that with the departure of Russian troops, the situation in Abkhazia will not change.

A protest rally at the gates of the Russian military base.

Residents hold a banner "We are against the withdrawal of troops".

A local resident gives a speech into a megaphone.

A woman gives a speech into a megaphone.

A man talks about the protests into a megaphone.

Trucks and communications vehicles are parked in the military base parking lot.

An officer gives the command, the soldiers run into their cars.

The Russian flag is waving.

A paratrooper holds a Russian flag while sitting on the armor of an armored personnel carrier.

Military vehicles are driving along a concrete strip.

Local residents blocked the road, preventing the withdrawal of a column of Russian equipment from Abkhazia.

The man says that the Russian column of vehicles will not move, the people are determined.

A local resident gives a speech through a megaphone, explaining to General Popov Alexander the purpose of the rally.

People applaud and say that they love the Russians.

Popov Alexander - Deputy Commander of the Airborne Forces for Russian peacekeeping forces says that the decisions have been signed and asks to give way for the equipment to leave Abkhazia.

Residents object and shout "No".

An Abkhazian decorated with medals in national dress says that the war will start again if the Russian peacekeepers leave.

An Abkhazian policeman says that all Abkhazians do not want the Russian peacekeepers to leave.

A woman says that the entire population is against the departure of the Russian peacekeepers.

A view of the rally from a high point.

General Popov Alexander, answering a reporter's question, says that the troops will not go against the people, asks not to provoke them and is waiting for a decision from the leadership.

On the parade ground, the commander of the tenth separate airborne regiment reports to General Popov Alexander.

Kirisenko Andrey - correspondent standing at the monument of the tenth separate airborne regiment speaks about the withdrawal of equipment and the farewell of the regiment with the battle flag.

Caption: Abkhazia, Gudauta, June 10, 2001. General Popov Alexander standing on the podium in front of the regiment gives a speech about the disbandment of the regiment.

Paratroopers are standing on the parade ground.

The regiment commander gives the command to bring out the regiment's flag.

Paratroopers carry the regiment's flag.

Paratroopers march along the parade ground saluting.

The regiment commander kneels, kisses the regiment's flag, stands up, gives the command to roll up the regiment's flag.

Dzhergenia Anri Mikhailovich - Prime Minister of Abkhazia speaks about the current situation.

Abkhazian men play dominoes, chess and cards at tables on the embankment of the city of Sukhumi.

Counting is being done on an abacus.

A man interrupts a game of dominoes and talks about the possible appearance of a US military base in Georgia.

New Athos Monastery, a monk and a parishioner.

Kupala and buildings of the church of the New Athos Monastery.

Decoration and icons of the church hall.

Icon of the Holy Healer Panteleimon.

View of the New Athos Monastery and mountains from a helicopter.

Leon, a novice of the monastery, talks about the increase in the number of parishioners and monks.

NATO ship exercises in the Black Sea.

Flags on the mast of a military ship.

An airplane flies over the sea and military ships.

A boy launches a children's boat in the water of a fountain.

A peacekeeper with a machine gun on duty.

Paratroopers march across the parade ground saluting.