On Jan. 9, mass protests began in self-proclaimed Abkhazia demanding that “President” Raul Khajimba resign. Putin’s advisor, Vladislav Surkov, who oversees Abkhazia, arrived to resolve the situation. But the events unfolded quickly: the presidential residence was besieged by several hundred dissatisfied protesters, and in less than an hour Khajimba resigned. After that, the “parliament” called a snap election. Hromadske looked into what’s been happening in Abkhazia.
Hromadske: What happened in unrecognized Abkhazia
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) welcomes Raul Khajimba, leader of Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia prior to their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow on August 24, 2018.
