In Abkhazia, “it is our sovereignty that we risk losing” | EUROtoday

IIt took 4 sleepless nights, and some accidents, to take away Aslan Bajnia from the submit of president of Abkhazia, a pro-Russian territory which seceded from Georgia in 1993. “It’s a bit like our storming of the Bastille,” rejoices Irakli, 70 years outdated. He seems with satisfaction, strewn on the bottom, on the carcass of the fence which surrounded the native parliament, which the demonstrators stormed on November 15.

“We are not animals to live in a cage,” grumbles Saïda, a high-quality lady with blond hair who alternates between lectures on the college and revolt on the street. “We sawed down the barrier in order that politicians know that energy belongs to the individuals. This is the fourth president we’ve hunted, and we’ll hunt as many as essential. This pig should not be Abkhazian to…