Aslan Bzhaniya, co-chairman of the Bloc of Opposition Forces of Abkhazia, was released from the Sochi police department, where he was taken while going through passport control, when he was about to leave for home. This is reported by "Echo of Moscow" with reference to the representative of the Abkhaz opposition Marina Gumba. However, the politician is not allowed to leave the country: he is again detained at the checkpoint.