2007 Abkhazia Plane Downing Incident

The 2007 Georgia plane downing incident refers to the possible downing, by Georgia's anti-aircraft system, of a military plane that violated Georgia's air space on August 21, 2007. While it is still not confirmed by Georgia whether the plane was downed, Abkhazia's break-away government confirmed that a plane went down, but denies that it was shot down.

Georgia–Russia
relations
  • Internal conflicts in Georgia
    • Georgian Civil War
    • 1991–1992 South Ossetia War
    • War in Abkhazia (1992-1993)
    • Rose Revolution
    • 2004 Adjara crisis
  • 2006 Georgia-Russia crisis
    • 2006 North Ossetia pipeline explosions
    • 2006 Russian ban of Moldovan and Georgian wines
    • 2006 Kodori crisis
    • 2006 Georgian–Russian espionage controversy
    • 2006 deportation of Georgians from Russia
  • 2007 Alleged air space violations
    • 2007 Georgia helicopter incident
    • 2007 Georgia missile incident
    • 2007 Georgia plane downing incident
  • 2007 Russian ambassador controversy
  • 2007 Georgian demonstrations
  • 2008 South Ossetia war
  • 2008 Georgia–Russia crisis
  • 2011 Georgian protests

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