Demonstrators in Abkhazia stormed government buildings to oppose a proposal allowing Russians to buy property, fearing it would inflate prices and increase Moscow’s influence.
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00:00Thousands of protesters were posing a measure that would have allowed Russians to buy property
00:05in Abkhazia, a Russian-backed breakaway region of Georgia, that stormed into the region's
00:10parliament building and presidential office on Friday.
00:13The protest, in the regional capital of Sukhumi on the Black Sea, left at least eight people
00:19injured.
00:20Opponents of the property agreement say it would drive up prices of apartments and boost
00:24Moscow's dominance in the region.
00:26But in addition to the fact that we demand the resignation of the president, we demand
00:33from the parliament to hold a moratorium on the agreement and on the law on apartments.
00:39Two moratoriums.
00:40Today, if our people are not here and there is no resignation of the president, I think
00:47that you should not leave this square.
00:52Amid the unrest, the authorities have already withdrawn the draft law on ratifying the investment
00:57agreement with Russia in an attempt to resolve the situation.