Features of the Presidential Election Campaign of 2022 in the Republic of South Ossetia

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the presidential election campaign of 2022 in the Republic of South Ossetia. The author aimed to identify the features of the last election campaign, which made it possible to understand and explain its results, which led to a change of power in the RSO. In this paper, the author used a behavioral approach and a method of situational political analysis, which makes it possible to compile a multifactorial picture of the features of the presidential campaign. The conducted research of the presidential campaign allowed the author to explain the reasons for the departure of the incumbent president and the coming to power of the opposition in the conditions of the seemingly effective internal policy of the party in power.