The de facto leader of Georgia’s Russian-occupied South Ossetia region, Alan Gagloyev, resigned Tuesday to become an advisor to Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, just weeks after the ratification of an integration agreement between the breakaway region and Moscow. Gagloyev, who took office in 2022, announced his resignation in a video address to citizens, as reported by South Ossetian state news agency RES, stating he would immediately begin work in the Administration of the President of the