On June 22, Alan Gagloev, the de facto leader of Georgia’s Russian-occupied breakaway region of South Ossetia, was summoned to the Kremlin for the second time in six weeks. His resignation — and appointment as Kremlin adviser — was announced the next day. His designated successor is 61-year-old Marat Kambolov, a Russian citizen from North … Continue reading The Kremlin Tightens Its Grip on Georgia’s Occupied Regions