Just weeks ago, the leading contender in this election was lying in a Russian hospital bed recovering from the second mysterious bout of the flu to derail his bid to lead Abkhazia, prompting all candidates to suspend their campaigns.
RFE/RL: Abkhazia set to hold election under cloud of controversy, coronavirus
(FILES) Members of the election committee check the ballots after the presidential election in central Sukhumi, the capital of the Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia, on August 24, 2014.
