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Hundreds of people have occupied the parliament building in the tiny territory of Abkhazia after the government planned to approve a controversial pro-Russia bill. Both the president and prime minister have reportedly fled the presidential compound. Abkhazia is recognised by most of the world as Georgian territory, but has been under de-facto Russian control since a brief 2008 war between Moscow and Tbilisi.

Also in the programme: how some Russian soldiers returning from the war with Ukraine are being pushed to crime; and we meet the actress who plays Miss Merkel, the Miss Marple of German television.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these stories and more are Colleen Graffy, a law professor at Pepperdine Caruso Law School in California and Mark Landler, the New York Times’ London bureau chief.

(Picture: People protest outside the parliament building in Sukhumi, capital of Abkhazia on 15 November, 2024. Credit: STRINGER/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock )