Politicians in Abkhazia hope that whoever comes to power as a result of these elections will take steps toward resolving the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict peacefully.
The scandal in Abkhazia over a document demanding that a Russian company be paid a penalty of over 200 million rubles for its involvement in the Sukhumi Airport reconstruction project is gaining momentum.
The main theme of the upcoming political season in Abkhazia will be Aslan Bzhania's relationship with Moscow. So what does the Kremlin really want from the Abkhaz leader?