The case of the attack on a polling station in the village of Tsandripsh has been referred to court.
The Prosecutor General's Office of Abkhazia has sent to court a case regarding the obstruction of the activities of the election commission in the Gagra district with the use of weapons during the second round of the presidential elections on March 1, 2025.
As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on the night of March 6, seven people were detained suspected of attacking a polling station in the village of Tsandripsh. During the arrest, security forces seized a large quantity of weapons: automatic rifles, pistols, grenades, and ammunition. According to security forces, armed masked individuals attacked the polling station, overturned the ballot box, opened fire, clashed with police officers present, and then fled the scene. Gunba's headquarters accused Ardzinba's supporters of attacking the polling station. In early June, the case was transferred to the Prosecutor General's Office of Abkhazia.
On March 1, voting took place in the second round of the early presidential elections in Abkhazia. Badra Gunba received 54.73% of the vote and won the election. The decision to hold the early elections was made after President Aslan Bzhania resigned in November 2024 following protests. The "Caucasian Knot" has prepared a report "Early Presidential Elections in Abkhazia". Materials about these elections have been collected by the "Caucasian Knot" on the thematic page "Elections in Abkhazia".
On December 29, 2025, the General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Abkhazia completed the preliminary investigation and sent with an indictment The Gagra District Court has been ordered to consider the merits of the criminal case on the fact of obstructing the activities of the election commission with the use of firearms by a group of persons by prior conspiracy and the use of violence dangerous to life and health against government officials - police officers, which took place on March 1, 2025 in the village of Tsandrypsh, Gagra District, reported today Abkhazia Prosecutor's Office.
Eleven people are charged with the illegal trafficking of firearms, ammunition, and narcotics by a group of persons by prior conspiracy, which were discovered and seized in the Victoria guest house, located in the city of Pitsunda.
The accused are Pachalia, Khagba, and Maliya.Malia.also charged with threatening to murder Albakov, a native of Ingushetia, hooliganism, and illegal trafficking.and illegal trafficking. class="bumpedFont15">firearms by a group of persons by prior conspiracy, which took place on the territory of the Podorozhnik gas station in the village of Primorskoye, Gudauta District, on January 11, 2025.
At the same time, Pachalia is accused of using violence that is not dangerous to life and health against the acting Head of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Department of Internal Affairs for the Ochamchira District and in the illegal circulation of firearms and ammunition, which took place on December 25, 2023 at the Ingur checkpoint located in the village class="bumpedFont15">Khyatskha Gal district .
Earlier, CEC member Inal Khishba told reporters that members of the precinct election commission were not injured in the attack on the polling station on March 1.
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