Abkhazian Revolution

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The Abkhazian Revolution took place in 2014, when President Aleksandr Ankvab resigned after hundreds of demonstrators stormed his office.^[3] After mass protests in the capital Sukhumi and the occupation of his office on 27 May,^[4] Ankvab fled to his hometown of Gudauta^[5] and ultimately resigned on 1 June, after previously denouncing the demonstration as an attempted coup d'état.^[6][7]

The uprising was attributed to public anger with Ankvab over his perceived liberal policy toward ethnic Georgians in Abkhazia, a breakaway republic with limited recognition. Although Abkhazia seceded from Georgia in 1992, the Ankvab administration allowed ethnic Georgians to register as voters and receive Abkhazian passports.^[8][9]

The revolution led to an early presidential election being called in August 2014. Opposition leader Raul Khajimba was elected president with a narrow majority of the vote.^[10]

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