Head of Kabardino-Balkaria to be elected on October 3

The Parliament of Kabardino-Balkaria has set the date for the elections of the head of the republic. The vote will take place on October 3.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved three candidates for the post: the current head Kazbek Kokov, the Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of the region Ilyas Shavaev and local deputy Alexei Voitov.

Kazbek Kokov became the head of Kabardino-Balkaria in 2019. His father, Valery Kokov, is the first president of the republic.

Kazbek Kokov recently said that he perceives every word of Vladimir Putin as the word of his father. His recently born grandson was named Vladimir. The politician shared this at a press conference at the TASS Caucasus Regional Information Center.

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