Caucasian Presidents

March 11, 2017 03:42

• Kokoity's electoral office announces denial of protest rallies

  Local journalists believe that Eduard Kokoity will not be able to cancel at court the decision of the Central Election Commission (CEC) to reject his registration as a presidential candidate.

July 06, 2016 05:39

• Abkhazian President refuses to postpone referendum

  Raul Khadjimba has decisively refused to fulfil the demand of the opposition to postpone the referendum on the early presidential elections to the beginning of autumn. The Abkhazian President has described the opposition's actions as an attempt to destabilize the situation in Abkhazia.

August 26, 2014 19:30

• Russian experts doubt Khajimba's chances for serious reforms in Abkhazia

  Experts are sceptical about any reforms in Abkhazia after the election of Raul Khajimba as a new President. They suggest that the "discriminatory treatment" of ethnic Georgians, who live in the Gali and Tkvarcheli Districts of Abkhazia, will continue.

August 26, 2014 00:46

• United States reject presidential election in Abkhazia

  The Government of the United States does not recognize the presidential election in Abkhazia, since the United States consider it to be part of Georgia, said Jen Psaki, the Spokesperson for the US Department of State. The United States still consider Abkhazia as a part of Georgia and urge Russia to withdraw "its forces to pre-conflict positions" of 2008.

August 25, 2014 05:00

• Raul Khajimba wins in first round of presidential election in Abkhazia, CEC reports

  In Abkhazia, presidential candidate Raul Khadjimba has won in the first round of the presidential election. This has been reported on Monday morning by Batal Tabagua, the head of the Abkhaz Central Election Commission (CEC) with reference to the preliminary information after processing 100% of the ballots.

August 24, 2014 19:00

• Electoral offices of two Abkhazian presidential candidates record serious violations during voting

  Activists of the electoral offices of the presidential candidates Leonid Dzapshba and Raul Khadjimba report on serious violations recorded during the voting at the presidential election in Abkhazia.

August 20, 2014 18:10

• Zatulin: Khajimba and Bjaniya have best chances of reaching second round at presidential election in Abkhazia

  The presidential candidates Raul Khajimba and Aslan Bjaniya are most probable rivals at the second round of the Abkhazian presidential election, Konstantin Zatulin, the Director of the Institute of CIS Countries, told in his interview to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

July 15, 2014 13:06

• Abkhazian presidential candidate Beslan Eshba fails his language test

  The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Abkhazia has registered four candidates for the early presidential election scheduled for August 24. The former Deputy Prime Minister Beslan Eshba was denied registration – in the opinion of the linguistic commission, he is not fluent enough in the official state language.

June 04, 2014 11:35

• Local experts: Ankvab will hardly run for presidency at early election in Abkhazia

  The early presidential election scheduled for August 24 in Abkhazia has brought some intrigue into the issue of who will represent the contesting groups in the race. Local experts agree that Alexander Ankvab will not take part in it.

June 01, 2014 22:20

• Alexander Ankvab hands seal of Abkhazian President over to Valery Bganba

  Alexander Ankvab has handed the seal of the Abkhazian President to Valery Bganba, Parliament Speaker, appointed by the Parliament as Acting President of Abkhazia. This was reported by Kristian Bjaniya, Press Secretary of Alexander Ankvab.

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