Putin orders government to allocate funds for modernization of occupied Abkhazia’s army

Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed the government to allocate funds to modernize the army of occupied Abkhazia, RIA Novosti has reported.

Reportedly, the decree was published on the Internet portal of Russian legal information.

“Let’s support the Russian Government's proposal about signing agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Abkhazia on allocation of funds for modernization of the armed forces of the Republic of Abkhazia,” the Russian President's decree reads.