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2 March, 2012 - 14:40

Abkhaz El Dorado

Inal Khashig

Abkhazia's attempts to cut a window to the West and attract foreign investors will remain fruitless until rules of the "game" are changed within this country.

Sukhumi was very active in April. President Bagapsh visited Turkey. Israeli businessmen close to the Israeli government visited Sukhumi. Before that, a representative German delegation, which included even ministers of some German lands, arrived in Abkhazia. Some experts said after the visits that Sukhumi had started cutting a window to another, non-Russian world.

2 March, 2012 - 14:29

Shamba - Kremlin's choice

Olga Allenova, Sukhumi

"If you elect Shamba, you will receive money, if not, we do not know." This is how Putin's statement on 10-billion aid made at Bagapsh's funeral was understood in Sukhumi.

Moscow will have to choose not only a new tactic, but also a fundamentally new approach regarding the presidential election in Abkhazia.

The Kremlin's attempts to interfere in its neighbours' domestic policy have always ended in failure over the past years. However, Moscow is in no hurry to draw necessary conclusions.

2 March, 2012 - 14:18

Presidential election in Abkhazia - Coordinated campaign

Anton Krivenyuk, Sukhumi

The Abkhaz presidential candidates have signed a memorandum for "fair elections" and pledged to play according to the rules in order to prevent a situation like that in 2004 from taking shape again. The election struggle is already under way at a full pace. Several dozens of influential people have already pledged to support one of the candidates - Sergey Shamba. Everything was fair. There was no black PR at this meeting.

2 March, 2012 - 13:54

End of the Bagapsh era

Anton Krivenyuk, Sukhumi

Last week, Abkhazia gave the last honours to its president. Sergey Bagapsh died in Moscow on 29 May after he underwent a complicated lung surgery. Tens of thousands of people attended the mourning ceremony on 2 June, including Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The second Abkhaz president was buried in his ancestral village of Jgerda in Ochamchire District.

Sergey Bagapsh's death came unexpected for Abkhazia. Bagapsh departed without leaving a national idea to Abkhaz people.

2 March, 2012 - 13:44

Prosecutor, envoy, or wrestler?

Maria Bestayeva

Power-wielding agencies are struggling for a third term of presidency for Kokoyty six months ahead of the presidential election in South Ossetia. In the meantime, the Kremlin is searching for a new ruler of South Ossetia

A presidential election is to be held in South Ossetia in November, but the names of the politicians, who will compete for the presidential post, are still unclear.

According to the constitution, South Ossetian president Eduard Kokoyty does not have the right to stand for a third term.

2 March, 2012 - 13:37

Suspended services

Olesya Vartanyan, Radio Liberty, exclusively for Liberali

The Sailor company was the lobbyist of Abkhazia's and South Ossetia's interests in the United States after the August war. The company will stop working for Tskhinvali in early June and reduce cooperation with Sukhumi to individual projects.

2 March, 2012 - 13:30

Moscow Bagapsh's Capital

Inal Khashig

2 March, 2012 - 13:16

Abkhaz Opposition

On the heels of Abkhazia's Feb. 12 local elections, evaluating the strength and allegiance of the Abkhaz political opposition remains difficult.

Although little changed as a result of the local elections that determined the composition of regional councils and mayoral positions in major towns, the incremental changes show the signs of a growing opposition movement, local analysts said.

10 February, 2012

A Chink in the Armor

This was a bad week for Mitt Romney, who saw successive losses in runoffs in Minnesota, Colorado and Missouri that effectively put the aura of inevitability about his becoming the Republican nominee for U.S. president back on hold. It’s not fatal: Mitt will ultimately win the nomination, it is a peculiarity of Republican primary voters to feverishly (and fickly) support a man of the moment, only to ditch him days later, as Rick Santorum is about to find out.

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