By empty (9/11/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
As Kazakhstan\'s 20 September nationwide elections to local councils approach, both the opposition and the authorities are complaining of the \"dirty\" campaign practices being employed. Opposition Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan (DVK) official and Almaty city council candidate Petr Svoik showed a news conference in Almaty a leaflet allegedly written by him, but which he said was actually a provocation by a \"powerful and influential body.\" The leaflet offers to pay for information on people who do not trust the DVK.The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.
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