Abkhazian Revolution

Abkhazian Revolution
Abkhazian Revolution
Date	May 27, 2014 – June 1, 2014 (4 days)
Location	Abkhazia
Caused by	Abkhazian nationalism; Lack of economic reforms; Ethnic Georgians getting Abkhazian citizenship and passports; Russians looking into buying Abkhazian property under new security alliance;
Resulted in	Resignation of Aleksandr Ankvab; Valeri Bganba becomes acting president of Abkhazia; Early presidential elections;

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

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.

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.

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