Abkhazia’s Bagapsh temporarily transfers duties to vice president over illness

Abkhazian President Sergei Bagapsh has temporarily handed his duties over to Vice President Alexander Ankvaba, a presidential spokesman said on Saturday. Bagapsh, 62, has recently undergone a lung surgery in Moscow and needs some time to rehabilitate, spokesman Kristian Bzhania said, adding that the surgery has passed successfully. “He has been transferred to a hospital […]