On June 26, President of the Republic of Abkhazia Raul Khadzhimba signed a Decree to award the honorary title “Honoured Journalist of the Republic of Abkhazia”.
The Decree states, in particular:
For many years of productive work in Abkhazian journalism, the title “Honoured Journalist of the Republic of Abkhazia” is to be awarded to the journalists of a limited liability company Abaza-TV: Rada Argun, Aida Bazba, Liana Ebjnou, Roman Labia and Vladimir Nikonov.