![Uncredited Protesters block the bridge over the Gumista River, about 5,5 kilometres south of Sukhumi in the Georgian separatist region of Abkhazia, Georgia, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (AP Photo)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/fd8d64e1d60f46bb989ab52debe529f6/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Protesters block the bridge over the Gumista River, about 5,5 kilometres south of Sukhumi in the Georgian separatist region of Abkhazia, Georgia, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (AP Photo)
![Uncredited 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)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/8b2ca581d9aa459998b8f25b315cee65/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
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)
![Uncredited 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)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/529d9bbe04f2422badd79157c19969f1/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
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)
![Uncredited 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)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/eb854fe7a01d493abf0362e22392d8a4/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
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)