A truck rammed the gates of parliament in the Russian-backed breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia on Friday as hundreds protested against an investment agreement with Moscow that some Abkhaz fear will price them out of the property market.
Two people were injured in the clashes, Russia’s RIA state news agency cited local emergency services as saying.
Russian media showed a truck ramming into the gates surrounding the parliament in the capital, Sukhumi.
Russia recognized Abkhazia and another breakaway region, South Ossetia, as independent states in 2008 after Russian troops repelled a Georgian attempt to retake South Ossetia in a five-day war.
Other footage published by local Telegram channels showed protesters tying rope to the metal gates and attempting to tear them down.
Persons:
Maxim Reshetnikov, Kristina Ozgan, Scuffles, Aslan Bzhania, Alexander Ankvab, Raul Khadzhimba
Organizations:
Russian Economy, Abkhazian, Telegram
Locations:
Russian, Georgian, Abkhazia, Moscow, Sukhumi, Russia, South Ossetia, Georgia, Soviet