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FILE - In this photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, President of breakaway Georgian republic of Abkhazia Aslan Bzhania smiles while waiting for the talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 25, 2022. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP, File)

FILE - In this photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, President of breakaway Georgian republic of Abkhazia Aslan Bzhania smiles while waiting for the talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 25, 2022. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP, File)

In this photo taken from video released by AIASHARA Independent Agency, Protesters gather outside the parliament building of the Georgian separatist region of Abkhazia as tensions flared over a proposed pact that would allow Russians to buy apartments in the region, Georgia, on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. (AIASHARA Independent Agency via AP)

In this photo taken from video released by AIASHARA Independent Agency, Protesters gather outside the parliament building of the Georgian separatist region of Abkhazia as tensions flared over a proposed pact that would allow Russians to buy apartments in the region, Georgia, on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. (AIASHARA Independent Agency via AP)

In this photo taken from video released by AIASHARA Independent Agency, Protesters with Abkhazian flags gather outside the parliament building of the Georgian separatist region of Abkhazia as tensions flared over a proposed pact that would allow Russians to buy apartments in the region, Georgia, on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, (AIASHARA Independent Agency via AP)

In this photo taken from video released by AIASHARA Independent Agency, Protesters with Abkhazian flags gather outside the parliament building of the Georgian separatist region of Abkhazia as tensions flared over a proposed pact that would allow Russians to buy apartments in the region, Georgia, on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, (AIASHARA Independent Agency via AP)

In this photo taken from video released by AIASHARA Independent Agency, Protesters, two of them hold an Abkhazian and Russian flags, gather outside the parliament building of the Georgian separatist region of Abkhazia as tensions flared over a proposed pact that would allow Russians to buy apartments in the region, Georgia, on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, (AIASHARA Independent Agency via AP)

In this photo taken from video released by AIASHARA Independent Agency, Protesters, two of them hold an Abkhazian and Russian flags, gather outside the parliament building of the Georgian separatist region of Abkhazia as tensions flared over a proposed pact that would allow Russians to buy apartments in the region, Georgia, on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, (AIASHARA Independent Agency via AP)

In this photo taken from video released by the Information Center of the President of the Republic of Abkhazia on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, protesters block the way to the bridge over the Gumista River, about 5,5 kilometres south of Sukhumi in the Georgian separatist region of Abkhazia, Georgia. (Information Center of the President of the Republic of Abkhazia via AP)

In this photo taken from video released by the Information Center of the President of the Republic of Abkhazia on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, protesters block the way to the bridge over the Gumista River, about 5,5 kilometres south of Sukhumi in the Georgian separatist region of Abkhazia, Georgia. (Information Center of the President of the Republic of Abkhazia via AP)

In this photo taken from video released by AIASHARA Independent Agency, Protesters gather outside the parliament building of the Georgian separatist region of Abkhazia as tensions flared over a proposed pact that would allow Russians to buy apartments in the region, Georgia, on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. (AIASHARA Independent Agency via AP)

In this photo taken from video released by AIASHARA Independent Agency, Protesters gather outside the parliament building of the Georgian separatist region of Abkhazia as tensions flared over a proposed pact that would allow Russians to buy apartments in the region, Georgia, on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. (AIASHARA Independent Agency via AP)

In this photo taken from video released by AIASHARA Independent Agency, Protesters gather outside the parliament building of the Georgian separatist region of Abkhazia as tensions flared over a proposed pact that would allow Russians to buy apartments in the region, Georgia, on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, (AIASHARA Independent Agency via AP)

In this photo taken from video released by AIASHARA Independent Agency, Protesters gather outside the parliament building of the Georgian separatist region of Abkhazia as tensions flared over a proposed pact that would allow Russians to buy apartments in the region, Georgia, on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, (AIASHARA Independent Agency via AP)