Protesters refuse to give up government buildings in Georgia's Europe separatist region

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Opposition protesters in Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia have refused to cede control of key government buildings that demonstrators stormed to protest new measures allowing Russians to buy property in the area.

Abkhazian President Aslan Bzhania announced Saturday that he would step down and hold early elections if demonstrators vacated the region's parliament building. But crowds that gathered in the Abkhazian capital, Sukhumi, rejected the deal, and opposition leaders said they would accept only Bzhania's unconditional resignation.

?None of us have come here for the sake of seats [in parliament],? former Abkhazian Prime Minister Valery Bganba told the crowd in a video livestreamed on social media. ?We came here to save our people, our country.?

At least 14 people were injured Friday when opposition protesters clashed with police, Russian state news outlet RIA Novosti reported.