Ainar () is a political party in

Abkhazia Abkhazia, officially the Republic of Abkhazia, is a List of states with limited recognition, partially recognised state in the South Caucasus, on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, at the intersection of Eastern Europe and West Asia. It cover ...

Foundation

Ainar was founded in 2010 as a think tank styling itself as 'expert promotion fund'. On 4 September 2015, Ainar held a congress, opened by MP

Almas Japua Almas Severianovich Japua (, ; born 1979 in Sukhumi) is a deputy of the People's Assembly of Abkhazia. Japua was by-elected on 31 August 2014 in constituency no. 26 after sitting MP Beslan Butba had been appointed as acting Vice Premier in the afte ...

, in which it transformed itself into a political party. The congress elected

Tengiz Jopua Tengiz, Teniz (; ), or Tengis is a Turco-Mongol word meaning ''sea''. It may refer to: * Tengiz Lake, a lake in Akmola Region, Kazakhstan * Tengizi Islands, an island chain sited within Lake Tengiz * Tengiz Field, an oil field in Atyrau Region, ...

as its first Chairman and Batal Katsia, Adgur Lagvilava, Dmitri Gabelia and Beslan Bartsyts as the remaining members of its political council. The goals of Ainar are amongst other things the advancement of direct democracy and of Apsuara (the Abkhaz system of spiritual values and behavioral norms).

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