De facto presidential candidate in Georgia’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia region Aslan Bzhania has been transported to Sochi hospital due to alleged food poisoning ‘in a serious condition,’ Interfax reports.
Bzhania, who will run in the snap ‘presidential elections’ in the region on March 22, came back to the region on January 9, 2020 during a period of unrest in the region, as he was undergoing treatment in Russia.
Bzhania was scheduled to run in the ‘presidential elections’ in Abkhazia also in September 2019. However, he was put out of commission by what he says was a poisoning attempt.
People took to the streets in Abkhazia on January 9,2020 demanding the resignation of already former de facto President Raul Khajimba.
Khajimba announced his resignation on January 12, after his meeting with Bzhania.