In the wake of Adjaran leader Aslan Abashidze ’ s visit to Moscow, Russian foreign Ministry issued a statement on January 20 backing Abashidze ’ s policy and condemning his opposition as “ extremist forces .” In late January, Georgian officials, including Acting President Nino Burjanadze and President-elected Mikheil Saakashvili met with Abashidze in Batumi.

The clashes between the supporters and opposition of the Adjaran leader also took place in Kobuleti.

However, dozens of soldiers of Adjaran leader Aslan Abashidze ’ s elite special purpose unit began to leave the region and pledged loyalty to the country ’ s central authorities.

The Large-scale war games, some 30 km away from Adjara ’ s administrative border, was a show of strength, amid confrontation between central authorities and the self-minded Adjaran leader.

The Adjara crisis refers to a political crisis in Georgia ’ s Adjaran Autonomous Republic, then led by Aslan Abashidze, who refused to obey the central authorities after President Eduard Shevardnadze ’ s ousting during the Rose Revolution of November 2003.

On April 24, Adjaran Senate approved Aslan Abashidze ’ s proposal to impose a curfew in the region.

The party acquired its current name in 1998, having operated since 1992 under the chairmanship of Aslan Abashidze and the name " Adjaran Union for the rebirth of Georgia " (" საქართველოს აღორძინების აჭარის კავშირი ").

President Saakashvili demanded from Adjaran leadership to abolish Autonomous Republic ’ s Security Ministry which was Abashidze ’ s main weapon of repression.

However, Georgia ’ s post-revolutionary government of President Mikheil Saakashvili managed to avoid bloodshed and with the help of Adjaran opposition reasserted its supremacy.

In retaliation, Georgia ’ s central authorities imposed partial economic sanctions against its defiant region in a bid " to exhaust Adjaran regime's resources ".

On July 20, the Adjaran Supreme Council approved Levan Varshalomidze as the Chairman of the Autonomous Republic ’ s Government.

Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania and Interior Minister Giorgi Baramidze crossed the Choloki River on May 5 and held talks with Adjaran Interior Minister Jemal Gogitidze.

The Adjaran authorities claimed Saakashvili was going to take control over the region by force.

Several Adjaran officials also did so.

The vote is believed to have been one of the freest ever held in independent Georgia although an upsurge of tension between the central government and the Ajarian leader Aslan Abashidze affected the elections in this region.

* 1951 – Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen rebel leader, 3rd President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria ( d. 2005 )

He also apologized to Chechnya's elected President and separatist leader Aslan Maskhadov for not informing him of the planned raid and asked him for forgiveness.

A media spokesman for rebel political leader, Aslan Maskhadov, denied any connection with the incident.

Aslan ( Khalid ) Aliyevich Maskhadov ( Chechen: Аслан Али кӏант Масхадан, Latin: Aslan Ali kant Masxadaŋ, Russian: Аслан Алиевич Масхадов ) ( September 21, 1951 – March 8, 2005 ) was a leader of the Chechen separatist movement and the third President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.

Ivanov then travelled to the autonomous region of Ajaria for consultations with the Ajaran leader Aslan Abashidze, who had been pro-Shevardnadze.

In the first months of his presidency, Saakashvili faced a major political crisis in the southwestern Autonomous Republic of Adjara run by an authoritarian regional leader, Aslan Abashidze, who largely ignored the central Georgian government and was viewed by many as a pro-Russian politician.

President Vladimir Putin publicly blames the blast on Chechen militants and their leader, Aslan Maskhadov.

Aslan Abashidze () ( born in Batumi, July 20, 1938 ) was the leader of the Ajarian Autonomous Republic in western Georgia from 1991 to May 5, 2004.

*" President Aslan Abashidze, visionary leader of Adjara ", 2002

Yandarbiyev stood in the presidential election held in Chechnya in February 1997, but was defeated by the Chechen separatist top military leader, General Aslan Maskhadov, getting 10 per cent of the votes and landing third behind Maskhadov and Shamil Basayev.

He stated later that he had been kidnapped and drugged by Russian FSB agents He claims to have been lured to Ukraine under the pretense of meeting the former Chechen leader Aslan Maskhadov.

Ajarian leader Aslan Abashidze called the decision to blow up the bridges in the Kobuleti border region " a preventive measure against the possible attempt of military action by the central Georgian authorities.

In addition, the commission said the attack on the school was premeditated by Chechen rebel leadership, including the moderate leader Aslan Maskhadov.

Alexander Lebed, then Secretary of the Security Council, began talks with the Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov in August 1996 and signed an agreement on 22 / 23 August ; by the end of that month, the fighting ended.

Following the coup and armed clashes in western Georgia, Aslan Abashidze, the leader of southwestern autonomous province of Adzharia, closed an administrative border and prevented both sides from entering Adjarian territory.

Barayev junior was said to be a sworn enemy of the Chechen leader and elected president, Aslan Maskhadov.

* Aslan Abashidze ( born 1938 ), former leader of Adjara

* Aslan Maskhadov ( 1951 – 2005 ), Chechen leader

Aslan Abashidze, the leader of Adjara ( 1991-2004 )

He organized an oppositional Unity ( ertoba in Georgian ) party joining the oppositional bloc united behind the Democratic Revival Party led by Aslan Abashidze, regional leader of Ajaria, and was elected in the Parliament of Georgia.

Abashidze resigned as leader of Ajaria on May 5, 2004, when Special Forces entered the region and Adjarian paramilitary forces began to swap sides and disarm.

Memed Abashidze, leader of the Adjarian Mejlis

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