Chairman of the Russian State Duma arrives in occupied Abkhazia

Chairman of the Russian State Duma, Vyacheslav Volodin, arrived in occupied Abkhazia on his first so-called official visit. According to Russian media, Volodin flew to Sokhumi by helicopter.

At the Sokhumi airport, he was met by the so-called leader of de facto parliament of Abkhazia, Lasha Ashuba.

As the Russian media reports, before the working meetings, Volodin and Ashuba laid flowers at the memorial of the Abkhaz people who died in the war, after which a meeting between Volodin and Ashuba took place in the parliament.

"An agreement on cooperation between the people's assembly of Abkhazia and the State Duma of the Russian Federal Assembly" was signed in Sukhumi.

The Chairman of the Russian State Duma also met with the de facto president of occupied Abkhazia, Aslan Bzhania.