RFE/RL CAUCASUS REPORT
01.11.2013
A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about the countries of the South Caucasus and Russia's North Caucasus region.For more stories on the Caucasus, please visit and bookmark our Caucasus page . |
 Opposition Rallies In Baku Several thousand opposition supporters have held a rally in Azerbaijan's capital to protest the results of this month's presidential election. More  OSCE Praises Georgia Vote; Margvelashvili Declared Winner Georgian electoral officials say preliminary results from the country's presidential election show an ally of Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili is the clear winner in a vote that Western observers praised as "transparent." More  Azerbaijani Opposition Newspaper Faces Closure Amid Fines, Debt Azerbaijan's opposition "Azadliq" (Liberty) newspaper is facing closure amid increasing financial pressures. More  Former Georgian Defense Minister Jailed A day after Georgian Dream candidate Giorgi Margvelashvili was elected to succeed Mikhail Saakashvili as president of Georgia, a Tbilisi court sentenced one of Saakashvili’s close associates, Bacho Akhalaya, to three years and nine months in prison on charges of torture and inhuman treatment of prisoners. More  Why Was Turnout So Low In Georgia's Presidential Election? Just 46.6 percent of Georgia’s estimated 3.5 million voters went to the polls on October 27 to vote for the successor to incumbent Mikheil Saakashvili. That was the lowest voter turnout in any presidential election in the past 23 years More  Liveblog: Georgia Votes For President RFE/RL's coverage of the Georgian presidential vote as it happened. More  Georgians To Choose New President Georgians elect a new president on October 27. The vote will end the decade-long rule of Mikheil Saakashvili and usher in important constitutional changes. More |
