At least eight people were injured in the melee in the regional capital of Sukhumi on the Black Sea, reports say
Protesters block the way to the bridge over the Gumista River, about 5.5 kilometres south of Sukhumi in the Georgian separatist region of Abkhazia, Georgia, on Nov. 12.Protesters opposing a measure that would have allowed Russians to buy property in the Georgian territory of Abkhazia stormed into the separatist region’s parliament building and presidential office on Friday and clashed with police.
The parliament was to have discussed ratifying the measure but postponed the session as the demonstrators gathered outside the gates of the government compound. They rammed a gate with a truck and streamed inside the grounds, throwing rocks at police who responded with tear gas. Most of Abkhazia broke away from Georgia in fighting that ended in 1993, and Georgia lost control of the rest of the territory in the short war with Russia in 2008. Russia recognizes Abkhazia as an independent country, but many Abkhazians are concerned that the region of about 245,000 people is just a client state of Moscow.
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