Presidential Elections Held In South Ossetia

Voters in the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia went to the polls on March 25 to choose a new leader. Officials said the turnout was over 50 percent, and two candidates made it to the second round: presidential human rights ombudsman David Sanakoyev and Leonid Tibilov, the former chair of the State Security Committee. Eleven candidates were campaigning to succeed former de facto President Eduard Kokoity.