Aslan Bzhania, the president of Georgia’s Russian-backed separatist region of Abkhazia, rejected protesters’ demands that he step down. On Friday, he announced that he, the vice president, the prime minister,

Protesters in the main city of occupied Abkhazia, Sukhumi, broke through the fence around the complex of "government buildings" and partially seized them on the afternoon of 15 November, protesting against the approval of an "investment agreement" with Russia.

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.