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Abkhazia opposition leader elected president
10:20 * 25.08.14
Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia elected opposition leader
Raul Khadzhimba as president on Sunday, Reuters report, citing the
head of the region's election commission.
Commission head Batal Tabagua told journalists that Khadzimba received
50.57 percent of the vote, while his main rival Aslan Bzhania received
35.91 percent.
According to Russia's Itar-Tass news agency all four candidates are
proponents of closer relations with Russia, but none advocates the
region becomes part of Russia.
Former leader Alexander Ankvab was forced to resign over allegations
of corruption and misrule. Protesters broke into the presidential
administration building in the main city, Sukhumi, in May.
Abkhazia, a province in the Black Sea region, together with another
Georgian region, South Ossetia, had been the focal point of a war
between Georgia and Russia in 2008. Now Abkhazia relies on Moscow's
financial and political assistance.
Georgia considers elections in Abkhazia illegal, Interfax news agency
quoted Georgia's Foreign Ministry as saying earlier on Sunday.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/25/us-georgia-abkhazia-election-idUSKBN0GP09K20140825
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: Baghdasarian
10:20 * 25.08.14
Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia elected opposition leader
Raul Khadzhimba as president on Sunday, Reuters report, citing the
head of the region's election commission.
Commission head Batal Tabagua told journalists that Khadzimba received
50.57 percent of the vote, while his main rival Aslan Bzhania received
35.91 percent.
According to Russia's Itar-Tass news agency all four candidates are
proponents of closer relations with Russia, but none advocates the
region becomes part of Russia.
Former leader Alexander Ankvab was forced to resign over allegations
of corruption and misrule. Protesters broke into the presidential
administration building in the main city, Sukhumi, in May.
Abkhazia, a province in the Black Sea region, together with another
Georgian region, South Ossetia, had been the focal point of a war
between Georgia and Russia in 2008. Now Abkhazia relies on Moscow's
financial and political assistance.
Georgia considers elections in Abkhazia illegal, Interfax news agency
quoted Georgia's Foreign Ministry as saying earlier on Sunday.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/25/us-georgia-abkhazia-election-idUSKBN0GP09K20140825
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: Baghdasarian