27 April 2024,   15:10
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Aslan Bzhania leads Abkhazia’s presidential elections

Aslan Bzhania leads so-called presidential elections in Georgia’s occupied region of Abkhazia, SAID Bzhania’s press secretary Alkhas Cholokua.


According to preliminary results, Bzhania gained 51.1% of votes and his rival Adgur Ardzinba - garnered 35.55 % of votes.


A total of 80 000 people participated in today’s so-called elections.


Bzhania, a Soviet KGB school graduate, has long been considered as Abkhaz leadership hopeful. He was deemed the main rival of then incumbent leader, ex-KGB officer Raul Khajimba in 2019 leadership race, but he had to quit the contest after being poisoned with heavy metals.

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