(Reuters) -Protesters stormed the parliament of the Russian-backed breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia on Friday and opposition politicians demanded the resignation of the self-styled president over an unpopular investment agreement with Moscow.

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.View on euronews

The bill would have allowed Russian legal entities to build investment projects in the Russian-backed breakaway region, which opponents say would price locals out of the market.

A truck rammed the gates of parliament in the Russian-backed breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia as hundreds protested against an investment agreement with Moscow. People were shown pouring into the courtyard and attempting to enter the parliament building.

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Protesters stormed the parliament of the Russian-backed breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia on Friday and opposition politicians demanded the resignation of the self-styled president over an unpopular investment agreement with Moscow.

Police and hundreds of demonstrators clashed Friday in Georgia's separatist region of Abkhazia as tensions flared over a proposed measure that would allow Russians to buy property there. The protesters gathered outside parliament in the regional capital of Sukhumi,

Tensions boiled over this week in Georgia's Abkhazia region as protesters oppose a measure that seeks to give property rights to Russians.

A truck rammed the gates of parliament in the Russian-backed breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia as hundreds protested against an investment agreement with Moscow that some Abkhaz fear will price them out of the property market.