On March, 17 the Georgian parliament adopted two resolutions “On establishing a state committee to calculate the damage Georgia suffered as a result of Abkhazian and South Ossetian conflicts” and “On announcing an international tender to determine a law firm to represent the interests of Georgia in the European Court of Human Rights in the case of covering the losses of Georgia as a result of Abkhazian and South Ossetian conflicts”.

The resolution drafts were worked out by the parliamentary committee on the issue of restoring territorial integrity of Georgia. The parliament of the country unanimously backed the documents proposed by the committee.

According to a preliminary estimate, the suit will reach 15 billion dollars. The head of the committee says it will be brought against Russia and the Russian companies which from early 90s up to now have conducted their activity on the territories remaining out of Georgian control. According to parliament members, Russia is to be held liable, for it exercises control over the said regions.

One needs to bear in mind that Russian peacekeepers remain in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Tbilisi accuses Russia of providing aid to Abkhazian and South Ossetian regimes (which violates the decision of CIS summit on banning any contacts with separatists), while Moscow states the contacts are maintained on the non-governmental level. Nevertheless, the majority of politicians acknowledge that Abkhazia and South Ossetia have turned into Russian instruments of putting pressure upon Georgia.