New president and new name
In South Ossetia on Sunday, April 9, the presidential elections were held, which were combined with a referendum on the renaming of the republic. If the change of name is a beautiful symbol, then the struggle for the president’s post was real. In the presidential election, the speaker of the local parliament, the leader of the United Ossetia party Anatoly Bibilov (57.98%) won. The current head of state Leonid Tibilov is doubled by him (30%).