Tbilisi Protests Presence of Russian MPs in Abkhazia

Georgian State Minister for Conflict Resolution Issues Goga Khaindrava expressed protest regarding the arrival of a group of Russian parliamentarians in breakaway Abkhazia to monitor the presidential polls, scheduled for January 12.

The delegation of the Russian MPs is led by Sergey Baburin, Vice-Speaker of the Russian State Duma Council, which is the lower house of the Parliament.
 
?Russia is the only country which is officially sending observers to the forthcoming presidential elections in Abkhazia,? Goga Khaindrava told reporters on January 10.