“Abkhazia risks tipping over”, headlines the Russian daily Kommersant, worried about the outcome of the demonstrations which have shaken this secessionist republic of Georgia since November 11, with an storming of government buildings in Sukhumi, the capital.
The opposition demands that the authorities “categorically refuse to ratify the investment agreement with Russia and that the President of the Republic, Aslan Bjania [réfugié depuis le 15 novembre dans son village natal, Tamichi] resigns”.
In question, the investment agreement with Russia, signed at the end of October, to facilitate the provision of Russian money in agriculture, tourism, industry and construction, under preferential conditions for Russian companies, of 10,000 hotel apartments in eastern Abkhazia. What a document “will supplant local activities [au profit de] large Russian companies” et “will drive up property prices”, causing Abkhazia to lose its “economic sovereignty”, says the opposition.
President Bjania, who for the moment can rely on the loyalty of the Ministries of Police and Ar
