Pro-Kremlin Leader In Breakaway Abkhazia Pushes 'Foreign Age

Aslan Bzhania, the pro-Kremlin leader of Abkhazia, is pushing for a version of Russia's controversial "foreign agents" law in the Georgian breakaway region. NGOs, activists, and regional experts say it is the latest step by Bzhania to silence them, anger the West, and please Moscow.

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