Russia is to provide Abkhazia with a pavilion in the Soviet-era All-Russian Exhibition Center for the token price of one ruble ($0.3) per year.
Abkhazia will receive the exhibit facility, with the total area of 933.6 square meters, and the parcel of land around it for 50 years, but will have to carry out a total overhaul of the building itself.
The All-Russian Exhibition Center (VVTs) dates back to the 1939 when All-Union Agricultural Exhibition was opened in northeastern Moscow under Joseph Stalin's decree.
The exhibition included a public park with pavilions designed to display Soviet achievements in various spheres and fountains to symbolize the success of the socialist system. Each pavilion was dedicated to a particular industry, field or Soviet republic.
Moscow recognized the independence the former Georgian republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia two years ago after a five-day conflict with Georgia and has since been the guarantor of their security, deploying thousands of troops and border guards to the tiny countries.
MOSCOW, November 22 (RIA Novosti)
