FILE PHOTO: The president of the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia, Raul Khajimba, arrives to attend Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's ceremonial swearing-in in Caracas, Venezuela January 10, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The leader of the Georgian breakaway region of Abkhazia tendered his resignation late on Sunday following days of protests, the president's office said.
Crowds of protesters broke into the president's headquarters on Thursday and demanded the exit of local president Raul Khajimba, who led the region from 2014 and won a second term in September.
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