Criminal cases have been initiated into the attack on a polling station in Abkhazia

Criminal cases have been initiated into an attack on a polling station during the second round of the presidential election in Abkhazia, including an article on terrorism. This was announced on March 1 by the official representative of the Investigative Committee of Russia Svetlana Petrenko.

"The Investigative Committee of Russia has initiated criminal cases on the facts of committed offenses and crimes against Russian citizens who also have citizenship of Abkhazia under a number of articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, including the article on terrorism," the body's Telegram channel said.

It is specified that automatic weapons were fired at law enforcement officers at the polling station. Investigators have identified one of the participants in the attack.

"One of the members of the criminal group who attacked the polling station and opened fire with automatic weapons at the Abkhaz law enforcement officers has been identified as Nurik Smyr," Petrenko said.

According to her, he was wounded during the retaliatory shooting and is now in the hospital. The rest of those involved in the incident are being identified.

In addition, the Investigative Committee noted that several facts of obstruction of voting were also registered, in particular, damage to ballot boxes.

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On the same day, during the second round, an incident occurred at a polling station in Tsandrypsha, Abkhazia href="https://iz.ru/1847346/2025-03-01/v-abkhazii-proizoshla-popytka-vtorzheniia-na-izbiratelnyi-uchastok"> An invasion attempt to obstruct the work of the election commission. The attackers damaged the ballot box and fled the scene of the crime. A criminal case has been opened into the incident.

the second round of the presidential elections. Two candidates are participating in it — Badra Gunba and Adgur Ardzinba, who lagged behind him by 10% in the first round. Polling stations for voting completed their work at 20:00 Moscow time. The preliminary results of the Central Election Commission of Abkhazia will be announced on March 2.