Abkhazians listen to Sergei Bagapsh, Abkhazia's President and a candidate for the upcoming Presidential election, seen on television screen, as he addresses the nation, in Gali some 70 kilometers from Sukhumi, the capital of the Georgian breakaway region of Abkhazia, Friday, Dec. 11, 2009. Presidential elections in Abkhazia, which is only recognized as independent by Russia, Nicaragua and Venezuela, are scheduled for Dec. 12 .
(AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)