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Thursday, 27 August 2026 20:44

Badra Gunba and Sergey Kiriyenko met with residents of the Russian public center "We are Together".

President of the Republic of Abkhazia Badra Gunba and First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Russia Sergey Kiriyenko held a meeting with residents and representatives of project teams at the House of Abkhaz-Russian Friendship "We are Together".

Badra Gunba stressed that since tourism is the main industry in Abkhazia, projects aimed at a wide audience are extremely important. According to him, one of the main tasks in this regard is to give the younger generation of tourists a new look at Abkhazia. 

During the meeting, Sergey Kiriyenko presented grant opportunities to support residents' projects. From September 1 to October 16, 2026, the Russian Presidential Grants Fund is holding the Creators of Abkhazia competition with a grant fund of up to 150 million rubles. In 2025, a similar competition gathered 186 applications, and 32 projects were awarded, for the implementation of which 115 million rubles were allocated.

From October 15 to December 2, 2026, the Russian Presidential Foundation for Cultural Initiatives is holding another competition. 

The Integration Production Center provides consulting and production support to the authors. In 2025, the center supported many cultural projects.

Residents of the Center are already implementing many projects. Among them, for example, is the "Cinema and Media School" (headed by Amra Nachkebia), aimed at training young professionals in the field of cinema and media, as well as a series of master classes from the restaurateur "ChefTable" (Shamil Kilich), introducing gastronomic traditions and modern culinary approaches. 

In addition, the Center hosts seminars of the NGO "Integration" and implements the projects "Hara", "AFY Workshop of Public Speech", as well as exhibition projects of the State Museum of Modern History of Russia and the State Literary Museum, the Laboratory of Spatial Development of the Republic of Abkhazia.

 

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