2006 Kodori crisis

2006 Kodori Crisis
	Part of Abkhaz–Georgian conflict
Date	July 22–28, 2006
Location	Kodori Gorge, Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia
Result	Georgian Government Victory
Belligerents
Georgia Interior Ministry of Georgia; Police of Georgia;	Monadire
Commanders and leaders
Vano Merabishvili	Emzar Kvitsiani
Casualties and losses
	1 civilian killed; 2 MIA special forces officers wounded

The 2006 Kodori crisis erupted in late July 2006 in Abkhazia's Kodori Gorge, when a local militia leader declared his opposition to the Government of Georgia, which sent police forces to disarm the rebels. The upper part of the Kodori Gorge was at that time the only portion of Abkhazia, Georgia's breakaway republic, not controlled by the Abkhaz authorities.