Ex-KGB Boss Wins Prez Election in South Ossetia A former KGB chief on Monday scored a victory in the runoff presidential election in Georgia's breakaway province of South Ossetia. A full vote count showed Leonid Tibilov won with 54.1 percent of the vote, local Election Commission Secretary Irina Gassiyeva said. His rival, presidential human rights commissioner David Sanakoyev trailed with 42.6 percent and conceded the race. The mountainous province broke away from Georgia in a war in the early 1990s. Spiraling tensions between Georgia and pro-Russian separatists triggered the August 2008 war, in which Russian troops routed the Georgian military in five days of fighting. Only a handful of other countries have followed Russia in recognizing South Ossetia's independence. FILE - In this file photo taken on Sunday, March 25, 2012, Presidential candidate former local KGB chief Leonid Tibilov speaks to the media after voting at the polling station in Tskhinvali in Georgia's breakaway province of South Ossetia. Leonid Tibilov, who led the region's KGB and won over 40 percent of the vote in the first round last month, is widely expected to win the presidency Sunday April 8, 2012, ahead of human rights commissioner David Sanakoyev, who polled 25 percent in the first round. (AP Photo/Ignat Kozlov) Close A Georgian economic blockade and misappropriation of Russia's generous aid have left the local economy in shambles with widespread poverty and massive unemployment. Critics accused the government of former President Eduard Kokoity of embezzling Russian donations, while thousands of South Ossetians continue to live in half-destroyed houses and apartment buildings with irregular water and electricity supplies. The republic of 50,000 first tried to elect a new president in November, when former education minister and anti-corruption crusader Alla Dzhioyeva appeared to have beaten a rival, backed by the Kremlin and the former local president. But the results were disputed and a local court ordered a new vote. Dzhioyeva was barred from running in the new election. Tibilov, who led the region's secret service before falling out with the former local president, won over 40 percent of the vote in the first round last month. Georgia does not recognize South Ossetia's independence and its elections.