why is russia there, in abkhazia. >> something momentous may be happening. russia has been moving over the several months to entrying great with abkhazia and south ossetia. they have been merging armed forces so now there are massive military exercises going on this that region the southern military reason and for the first time they include elements of the abkha disprks ian -- abkhazian forces. these areas gained independence in the 1990s. after the war in 2008 between russia and georgia, russia accorded independence to both of them, sort of cos ova style. now, russia may be moving towards annexing them crimea style. >> that meeting, there's a major treaty of integration under discussion, and that could be the first step towards that. >> i was going to ask you if it was to do with ukraine, that russia seems to be cosying up to the breakaway areas. now, i think that the ukraine situation, the crisis there has focussed minds in moscow made them change their attitude particularly towards following rules set by the west. i think the russians are on their own tr