State-owned | |
Industry | News agency |
Founded | 31 January 1995 |
Headquarters | Sukhum, Abkhazia |
Key people
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Renata Chagava, Director |
Website | www.apsnypress.info |
Apsnypress is the de facto state press agency of Abkhazia. Its stated goals is to assist in development of democracy, sovereignty and independence of the breakaway Abkhaz republic and to ensure the information security thereof.
Apsnypress is dedicated to collecting, processing, publishing and distributing information pertaining to all sorts of events taking place in Abkhazia or otherwise concerning it. Its other activities include:
Apnypress was founded on 31 January 1995.
Following the May 2014 Revolution and the election of Raul Khajimba as President, on 23 September 2014 he replaced Manana Gurgulia as Head of Apsnypress with Renata Chagava.