Kremlin Sends Its Point Man to Tskhinvali: What to Make of It?

The dispatching of Marat Kambolov, a federal administrator with no prior connection to Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia, as the new leader of the Russian-occupied region marks a new phase in the Kremlin’s management of Tskhinvali and suggests that Moscow may have broader strategic plans in the pipeline.

Tornike Zurabashvili is an independent researcher from Tbilisi, Georgia. …