Despite popular uprising, Kremlin's grip on occupied Abkhazia runs sup

Details: Written by: Katie Marie Davies; 26.Nov; Hits: 4

When local council members gathered in the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia last week to discuss new measures promoting Russian investment, a group of protestors rose to meet them.The proposed legislation, which would have legalized Russian investment and land ownership in the occupied region, had already sparked unrest.

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On Nov. 19, protesters blocked bridges around the Abkhazian capital of Sukhumi.By Nov. 22, the crowd had descended on Abkhazia's parliament building. Protesters smashed through the gates with a truck and stormed the compound as police officers fired tear gas. At least 14 people were injured. The region's de facto president, Aslan Bzhania, resigned days later.The investment bill was shelved.This episode of seeming defiance may have sparked unease in the Kremlin. Moscow has been funding the Abkhazian government since the Russo-Georgian war in 2008, when it rolled troops into the region and declared Abkhazia and the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia to be independent states.Aslan Bzhania, the leader of Russian-occupied Georgian breakaway region of Abkhazia, in Moscow on June 24, 2020.

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