UK: one of the participants in the attack on a polling station in Abkhazia has been identified

"One of the members of the criminal group that attacked the polling station and opened fire with automatic weapons at the Abkhaz law enforcement officers has been identified as Nurik Smyr," said Svetlana Petrenko, an official representative of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.

According to her, Nurik Smyr opened fire on law enforcement agencies, but was wounded during the return fire. He is currently in a medical facility. The work of the investigators to identify other participants in the crime continues.

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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. The RF IC was criminal cases have been initiated under a number of articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, including the article on terrorism.

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.