Russia-backed South Ossetia elects leader close to Moscow
Russian state media said Marat Kambolov won 85% of the vote as Moscow hailed the result as support for closer ties with Russia.
- On Friday, South Ossetia elected Marat Kambolov as president, with Russian state media reporting he won 85% of the vote in the Russia-backed breakaway region.
- A former Russian federal official from North Ossetia, Kambolov was appointed prime minister in June after Alan Gagloyev stepped down to advise Russian President Vladimir Putin.
- With a population of about 50,000, South Ossetia is heavily dependent on Russia for food, equipment, energy imports, and public-sector wages, leaving little domestic industry.
- Georgia condemned the deepening relationship, labeling a recent bilateral treaty an attempt by Russia to cement the 'de facto annexation' of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
- Putin congratulated Kambolov on Saturday, as the Foreign Ministry stated the election results reflect the territory's desire for closer ties with the Russian Federation.
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Russia-backed South Ossetia elects leader close to Moscow
A former Russian federal official has been elected president of South Ossetia, a Russia-backed breakaway region of Georgia, in a vote Moscow hailed on Saturday as a sign of the territory's desire for closer ties with Moscow.
The total voter turnout for the election of the President of South Ossetia by about 16.30 was 62.6 per cent, thus the early election of the President of the Republic of South Ossetia was recognized as having taken place.
The Presidential Adviser of Russia and former head of South Ossetia, Alan Glagolev, took part in the early election of the President of South Ossetia. The voting took place at the polling station located on the territory of the Embassy of the Republic in Moscow, transmitting to RAPSI. "Today in South Ossetia, the election of the President of the Republic is taking place. So I came to the Embassy of South Ossetia in the Russian Federation and vot…
All polling stations opened in South Ossetia at 8 a.m. and the people of the Republic elect a president.
A former Russian federal official has been elected president of South Ossetia, a Russian-backed region that broke away from Georgia. Moscow welcomed the election on Saturday as a sign that the region is seeking closer ties with Russia.
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