Lawmakers in Georgia’s breakaway province of Abkhazia on Tuesday rejected a bill offering privileges to Russian investors that sparked days of unrest and forced the regional leader to step down.
Protests ignited late last week when the ruling Georgian Dream party, considered authoritarian and pro-Russia, suspended their engagement in European Union membership talks.
Some vintners in the former Soviet republic are seeking to break a politically risky dependence on Russia and focus more on high-value European and American markets. The wine harvest in Georgia ...