Protesters stormed the parliament of the Russian-backed breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia on Friday and opposition politicians demanded the resignation of the self-styled president over an unpopular investment agreement with Moscow.

Protests against a controversial investment agreement with Russia escalated into clashes in Sukhum, the capital of Russian-occupied Abkhazia. The proposed law seeks to permit Russians to purchase property in Abkhazia.

Protesters clashed with police outside Abkhazia's parliament, as lawmakers considered an investment deal with Russia. Police in the breakaway Georgian region fired tear gas in response.

Protesters in the breakaway Georgia region of Abkhazia have stormed parliament and the presidential complex after the government planned to approve a controversial pro-Russia bill.

Protesters used a truck to smash through the metal gates surrounding the parliament in the capital Sukhumi. Video from the scene then showed people climbing through windows after prying off metal bars

Protesters stormed the parliament of Georgia's Russia-backed breakaway region of Abkhazia on Friday while the government was set to discuss a real-estate investment agreement with Russia. Some Abkhaz fear the deal would price them out of the property market and boost Moscow's control in the region.

Protesters in the separatist region of Abkhazia, Georgia stormed the parliament building to demand the region's president step down and reject an investment agreement that could benefit wealthy Russians.

By Lucy Papachristou, Filipp Lebedev and Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) -Protesters stormed the parliament of the Russian-backed breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia on Friday and demanded the resignation of its leader over an unpopular investment agreement with Moscow.

The region of Abkhazia in Georgia erupted in violence as MPs debated a controversial treaty with Russia that would allow Russian investors to buy new property complexes in the region

(Reuters) -Protesters stormed the parliament of the Russian-backed breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia on Friday and opposition politicians demanded the resignation of the self-styled president over an unpopular investment agreement with Moscow.