Demonstrators opposing the investment agreement with Russia invaded the region’s presidential administration and parliament on Friday afternoon.
President of Georgia’s Abkhazia Aslan Bzanian says he is ready to resign if the protesters who stormed the country’s parliament building yesterday Friday agree to leave the building.
Abkhazia is a Russian-backed rebel province in Georgia, which, for example, is not recognized as a state by the European Union.
Demonstrators opposing the investment agreement with Russia stormed the region’s presidential administration and parliament in the city of Sukhumi on Friday afternoon.
Bžanian decided yesterday to reject the proposal for an investment agreement “in order to calm the situation”. However, the protesters also demanded the resignation of the president.
In Abkhazia, the opposition opposes the investment agreement, which is seen as opening the doors to Russian capital. With the help of the agreement, Russia would practically buy Abkhazia’s real estate, news reports Moscow Times.