Second Round of So-called Elections to be Held in Occupied Abkhazia

The second round of so-called elections is expected to be held in Russian-occupied region of Abkhazia, “RIA Novosti” agency reports. 

As a result of the first round of the "Presidential elections" held in the region, so-called president Raul Khajimba is the leader with 26,6 % of votes. 

So-called “central election commission” stated on Monday evening that votes have been counted at 150 out of 154 polling stations and according to the counting results, Raul Khajimba received 26,6%, Alkhas Kvitsiani - 24,6%, and former so-called deputy foreign minister Oleg Arshba - 24,9% of votes.

According to the preliminary results, the second round of so-called elections is expected to be held between Raul Khajimba and Oleg Arshba.

The second round of “elections” is scheduled for September 8.

By Ana Dumbadze