Badra Gunba was elected by the "president" partially recognized Abkhazia

The CEC of the self -proclaimed Abkhazia declared the victory of Badra Gunba in the "presidential" election. It is reported by TASS.

He received 54.73% of the vote, said the head of the CEC Dmitry Marshan at a briefing. His opponent Adgur Ardzinba has 41.54% of the vote. The turnout amounted to more than 70%, previously reported to the CEC.

According to the commission, the violations discovered during the vote cannot affect the voting results. "

On the voting day, March 1, a group of armed people in masks burst into the polling station in Zandripsha. According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, they, “threatening violence,” damaged the electoral urn, after which they disappeared. The Russian Investigative Committee reported that some of the attackers were detained. He was wounded by return fire and now in the hospital. The department has launched several criminal cases, including about the attack.

Gunba - the former deputy of the previous pro -Russian “president” Aslan Bzhanya - the latter forced to resign multi -day protests provoked by the adoption of an unpopular agreement with Russia on investments.