Rolling power outages have been reintroduced in de facto Abkhazia from Nov 15. Now the lights are turned off for a total of six hours every day throughout the de facto republic. One of the reasons for the energy deficit is crypto currency mining. Pursuant to the de facto President, only in January-March 2020, de facto Abkhazia owed Russia about US$ 7.9 million (600 million rubles), announcing the further growth of the debt.
De facto President, Aslan Bzhania hold a press-conference on Nov 17, 2020. The power shortage and rolling blackouts in de facto Abkhazia, which is more relevant than ever was one of the raised questions during the meeting, Sputnik-Abkhazia reports .
According to de facto President, in January-March 2020, de facto Abkhazia owed Russia about US$ 7.9 million (600 million rubles).
In his words, he again asked the Russian President, Vladimir Putin for help in providing electricity in connection with the closure of the Enguri HPP for repairs in the beginning of 2021. The cost of Russian electricity will amount to over US$ 26.4 million (two billion rubles).
As Bzhania noted, the state has accumulated a debt to Chernomorenergo in the amount of US$ 23.8 million (1 billion 800 million rubles) for 25 years. More than US$ 10.6 million (800 million rubles) have been owed since 2017, the de facto President relates this with the production of crypto currency in Abkhazia.
