Thursday, December 18, 2025

Ex-KGB chief wins first round of South Ossetia poll

Leonid Tibilov, a former local KGB chief, unexpectedly beat the Kremlin favorite in the rescheduled South Ossetian election, and will be facing a former human rights commissioner in the second round April 8. (Photo: RES.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Leonid Tibilov, a former head of the KGB in Georgia’s breakaway region South Ossetia beat the other three candidates in the president elections Sunday.

In the region’s previous attempt to select a leader, an opposition candidate won against the Kremlin

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