In 2014, after the May revolution against Ankvab, Bzhania became the candidate of the outgoing government in the subsequent Presidential election, running with Astan Agrba as Vice Presidential candidate. The pair was nominated by an initiative group on 2 July[4] and received the support of the political party Amtsakhara,[5] former Vice President Mikhail Logua[6] and part of the campaign staff of nominee Beslan Eshba, who had been barred from running.[7]