Following days of unrest in which the opposition seized government buildings, the leader of Georgia's separatist region of Abkhazia has resigned.

The parliament of Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia on Tuesday approved the resignation of its Russia-backed President Aslan Bzhania following days of anti-government unrest. “In order to maintain stability and constitutional order in the

The leader of the Moscow-backed breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia resigned on Tuesday after a deal allowing for the expansion of Russian business in the republic led to mass protests and the opposition seizing government buildings.