During the round table "Cultural and social space of Abkhazia and Russia" at the House of Moscow in Sokhumi on October 18, Sergei Shamba, the de-facto Secretary of the Security Council of the separatist republic, said that Abkhazia is part of the Russian world.

"We have such relations that despite the fact that our Soviet community has disintegrated, but feelings still exist. Abkhazian society is attuned to the Russian world and participates in the creation of the Russian world. We want to be, and we are part of this world," the de-facto official noted.

The head of the Security Council also noted that the enrichment was mutual. "It should be said that the Russian society also absorbed many traditions and some cultural moments. And this enrichment was mutual. Great Russian culture, to a greater extent, of course, influenced the formation of many nationalities during the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union. Abkhazia has always attracted the attention of Russian creative intelligentsia - writers, artists, and many others," Shamba emphasized.