News Digest
CHECHNYA ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL RESULTS OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
By empty (12/3/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Chechen Elections Commission has announced the final official results of parliamentary elections in the North Caucasus republic, Elections Commission Chairman Ismail Baikhanov told Interfax. The commission endorsed the final vote-count records at a session on Saturday. The United Russia party has won a majority of seats in the two-house Chechen parliament and will have 24 seats in the People\'s Assembly (the lower chamber) and nine in the Council of the Republic (the upper chamber).UZBEKS JAIL 25 ANDIJAN SUSPECTS
By empty (12/3/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Twenty-five men have received sentences of up to 22 years in jail in Uzbekistan in connection with a bloody uprising in the eastern town of Andijan in May. The men were sentenced after two separate trials held behind closed doors in undisclosed locations. A supreme court statement said they were guilty of carrying out murder, terrorist acts and mass riots.SOUTH OSSETIA REPORTS ARMED CLASH WITH GEORGIAN POLICEMEN
By empty (12/2/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Georgian police units have attempted to gain control of a road near the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali, South Ossetian envoy to Moscow Dmitry Medoyev said. \"Four groups of Georgian riot police, about 50 in total, attempted to seize control of a bypass road outside Tskhinvali. The Georgian policemen retreated following an armed clash,\" Medoyev said.U.S. ENVOY MEETS WITH TAJIK PRESIDENT, ASKS FOR APOLOGY ON ARTICLE
By empty (12/2/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Richard Hoagland, U.S. ambassador to Tajikistan, met with President Imomali Rakhmonov in Dushanbe on 1 December to discuss bilateral relations, RFE/RL\'s Tajik Service reported.Visit also
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Analysis Laura Linderman, "Rising Stakes in Tbilisi as Elections Approach," Civil Georgia, September 7, 2024.
Analysis Mamuka Tsereteli, "U.S. Black Sea Strategy: The Georgian Connection", CEPA, February 9, 2024.
Silk Road Paper Svante E. Cornell, ed., Türkiye's Return to Central Asia and the Caucasus, July 2024.
Book Svante E. Cornell, ed., "The Changing Geopolitics of Central Asia and the Caucasus" AFPC Press/Armin LEar, 2023.
Silk Road Paper Svante E. Cornell and S. Frederick Starr, Stepping up to the “Agency Challenge”: Central Asian Diplomacy in a Time of Troubles, July 2023.
Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, U.S. Policy in Central Asia through Central Asian Eyes, May 2023.