🇬🇪🇷🇺 Elections in Abkhazia - could have been better

Yesterday, the long-awaited presidential elections were held in Abkhazia. Voter turnout was 69%, but no winner could be determined. After the vote count, it turned out that none of the candidates were able to overcome the 50% threshold.

Now Abkhazia is awaiting a second round of voting, which will take place on March 1 in two weeks. Badra Gunba and Adgur Ardzinba, who received 46.38% and 36.9% of the votes respectively, will compete for the presidency in the second round.
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📌 The second round in the context of relative parity between the two key candidates was a logical consequence, and now the votes of the eliminated candidates may influence the presidential race.

However, it is important to note that for our country, the situation in Abkhazia demonstrates the insufficiency of efforts and the lack of effectiveness of the policy of recent years in this direction. Over the years of inaction and leaving events in the republic to their own devices, Russia's positions have weakened.

❗️Only after the autumn coup, the attention of media technologists was drawn to the growth of pro-Turkish influence in Abkhazia. This allowed to strengthen the position of the pro-Russian candidate in the elections, but the problems are obvious.

Instead of acting from a position of strength (and Russia is allowed to do this, if we assess the scale of the subsidies provided), we "played the good neighbor", which our competitors tried to take advantage of. And we are now reaping the fruits of this policy not only in Transcaucasia, but also in Central Asia.

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