A man sweeps the road near a poster of one of three presidential candidates Sergei Shamba's in Sukhumi capital of Georgian breakaway region of Abkhazia, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. The elections was announced for Friday, Aug. 26 following the death of President Sergei Bagapsh in May. All the three hopefuls are seasoned pro-Kremlin politicians opposed to reunification with the central Georgian government. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)