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Protests began in Abkhazia
In the partially recognized republic of Abkhazia in the city of Sukhumi, protests have been going on since November 11, which began after the detention of opposition activists Omar Smyr, Garry Kokai, Almaskhan Ardzinba, Ramaz Dzhopua and Aslan Gvaramia. They opposed the ratification of an investment agreement with Russia and allegedly beat up parliament member Almas Akaba. This was reported by the BBC Russian Service.
One of the opposition leaders, Adgur Ardzinba, in turn, reported the harsh detention of opponents of the agreement. “The very style of detention was as if especially dangerous criminals were being detained. If someone had invited them to a conversation at the State Security Service, they would have come there themselves,” Ardzinba said.
According to the Respublika telegram channel, protesters came from all over Abkhazia and gathered at the building of the State Security Service (SGB) of the republic. In response, the authorities began to move military equipment there. The protesters rammed the gate and moved towards Freedom Square.
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They also blocked the key arteries leading to Sukhumi - the Gumista and Lower Gumista bridges, and blocked the Kodori Bridge, which was unblocked after a conversation with local parliament member Beslan Emurkhba and the head of the Ochamchira district Beslan Bigvava. They promised to release the detained activists. However, according to oppositionist Levana Mikaa, the promise was not fulfilled, and the protesters again blocked the bridge.
Security forces also tried to unblock the Kodori Bridge, after which a brawl broke out there; no casualties were reported. At the same time, I allow ambulances to cross the bridges, but tourists have to cross them on foot.
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Amid mass protests, the head of Abkhazia, Aslan Bzhania, held an emergency meeting of the Security Council. Bzhania’s press service stated that “the heads of the security forces reported on the measures being taken to prevent illegal actions.”
An agreement between Russia and Abkhazia was signed on October 30 this year. It allows Russian companies to implement their investment projects on the territory of the partially recognized republic. Now parliament must ratify it. This issue was planned to be considered at the session scheduled for November 15.
As The Bell notes , in Russia the document was called “mutually beneficial,” but in Abkhazia they treated it with distrust.
“In the agreement, priority in favor of the foreign investor is included in almost all clauses of the agreement - in compensation for damage, in connection to power grids, in the allocation of land plots, in tax benefits, in a refund of up to 50% of VAT, in access to credit resources,” said former head of the Economics Department of the Presidential Administration Akhra Aristav.
Members of the Abkhaz parliament fear that the agreement will help create unequal conditions for Russian and Abkhaz companies. The Bell notes that the main beneficiary of the agreement will be the Mantera Group, associated with the family of the head of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture, Alexander Tkachev.
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