![Sukhumi residents rejoicing](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F33%2F53%2F335394_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_VmxhZGltaXIgUG9wb3YgIzMzNTM5NA%3D%3D_116%3A95_sputnik-335394-preview_0529f15d6bd0912da236be97512bda5f.jpg)
![Sukhumi residents rejoicing](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F33%2F53%2F335394_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_VmxhZGltaXIgUG9wb3YgIzMzNTM5NA%3D%3D_116%3A95_sputnik-335394-preview_0529f15d6bd0912da236be97512bda5f.jpg)
Residents of Abkhazian capital of Sukhumi rejoicing as Russia recognizes Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia as independent state.
- Package: Sukhumi residents rejoicing
- Categories: Politics
- Location: Republic of Abkhazia
- Event date: 27.08.2008
- Date published: 28.08.2008
- Author: Vladimir Popov
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 3504x2336px, 2.9Mb