Abkhazia’s 'MP budgets': why do 'servants of the people' receive $100,000 in public funds every year?
A debate has erupted in Abkhazia over so-called “MP budgets”. Each of the 35 MPs receives 10 million roubles (around $100,000) from the state budget every year. For the past three years, parliament and the government have agreed to allocate this money to…