Presidential Vote Under Way in Chechnya Amid Fears of Violence
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Voting is under way in Russia&#39;s breakaway region of Chechnya to select a replacement for a president who was killed in a bomb attack.
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Afghans vote Saturday in the first direct presidential elections in their history, under the threat of violence from anti-US militants and Osama bin Laden's terror network.
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At last the much-discussed first-everAfghan presidential elections in the post-Taliban nation were held Saturday amid hopes and fears as the anti-government militias fired several
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GROZNY, Russia -- Unofficial results show the Russian government&#39;s choice for Chechen president already has enough votes to claim victory.
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As voters went to the polls Sunday in Chechnya, there was little doubt about who would be anointed president of the embattled Russian
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The Kremlin candidate has won Chechnya&#39;s presidential election with 73.48 per cent of the vote, according to preliminary results.
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Chechnyaâs vice-premier, Ramzan Kadyrov (left), son of the slain president, Akhmad Kadyrov; presidential candidate Alu Alkhanov (second left); the acting Chechen president, Sergei Abramov (second right); and an unidentified man casting their ballots in
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Elections for a new president of Chechnya unfolded in ghostly emptiness here yesterday as many residents fled the city or stayed indoors to avoid potential
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Large numbers vote in a presidential poll in Nagorno-Karabakh, an enclave disputed between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
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War-ravaged Chechnyaâs million-strong population goes to the polls today to elect a new president amid strong signs that the downing of two Russian airliners last week, with the loss of 89 lives, was the work of separatist rebels.
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After more than two decades of war, Afghanistan votes today in its first Presidential elections. And with the Taliban threatening to disrupt the polls, security is very tight across the country.
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OISKHARA, Russia - Chechnya&#39;s tense presidential election campaign came to a close with a 79 per cent turnout at the ballot box -- and the winner all but certain.
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Ten years after Chechnya descended into war, and less than four months after its president was assassinated in a bomb blast, Chechens are voting for his successor Sunday in an atmosphere of violence and suspicion.
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Moscow, Aug 29 (VNA) - Chechens voted on Sunday in an election to choose a candidate as the Russian republic&#39;s new leader, with thousands of security personnel patrolling its streets against the threat of terrorist attacks.
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A glance at Chechnya, which holds a presidential election Sunday, and its conflict. Russian authorities have expressed concern that separatist rebels could carry out attacks linked to the election to replace Akhmad Kadyrov, the pro-Russian president killed by a bombing in May.
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GROZNY, Russia : Chechens voted in an election expected to crown a Kremlin-backed candidate as the strife-torn republic&#39;s new leader, with thousands of security personnel patrolling its streets against the threat of rebel attacks.
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With a sense of foreboding, Chechnya prepared on Saturday for a presidential election to replace its slain pro-Moscow leader as rebels vowed to keep up their attacks in the war-torn republic.