Kazakhstan Holds Parliamentary Elections
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As people in this Central Asian oil-producing nation voted in critical parliamentary elections Sunday, both the government and opposition were trying to play the oil card to their own advantage.
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President Nursultan Nazarbayev's party took an early lead in Parliament elections Sunday, and his daughter's new party was running second, lending credence to suspicions of plans for a family dynasty.
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Parliament convenes in Kyrgyzstan, as rows continue over the results of Sunday's election.
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Kazakhstan took a step towards early parliamentary elections on Tuesday to enforce a set of reforms criticized by the opposition as undemocratic.
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MOSCOW Russia&#39;s lower house of Parliament took its first step on Friday toward adopting President Vladimir Putin&#39;s sweeping overhaul of the country&#39;s political system, despite signs of popular dissent, particularly in regions distant from the capital.
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GROZNY, August 29 (IslamOnline.net &amp; News Agencies) - Chechens Sunday, August 29, voted in an election to replace their slain pro-Moscow as another Kremlin-backed candidate was to win though seven others are standing in the race.
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Russia's war-torn republic of Chechnya votes in a presidential election to replace its slain pro-Moscow leader, amid fears of rebel raids.
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People in Kyrgyzstan prepare to vote in a parliamentary election that could end two years of turmoil.
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Voting in the separatist Russian republic of Chechnya began amid tight security today in an election to replace Chechen President Akhmed-hadji Kadyrov, who was assassinated in a bomb attack in May.
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MOSCOW -- Russian voters went to the polls yesterday in regional elections dominated by two pro-Kremlin parties, a result that critics said presented the appearance of democracy without its substance.
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President Kurmanbek Bakiyev's party looked headed for an overwhelming victory in parliamentary elections in this strategically important Central Asian nation, the election authority said Monday based on early results.
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A mere trickle of voters showed up at polling stations in Uzbekistan&#39;s capital yesterday in an election from which all opposition groups are barred.
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Kyrgyz voters go the polls on Sunday in a snap parliamentary election expected to hand President Kurmanbek Bakiyev's party an overwhelming victory though it has been criticized as undemocratic by the opposition.
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Pakistanâs parliamentary elections on Monday have included charges of armed intimidation and bribes, and the suspicion of rigging hangs thick in the air.
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Corruption, official pressure on voters and Soviet-era turnout figures were features of Russia's parliamentary election, won by President Vladimir Putin's party in a landslide, independent monitors said on Tuesday.
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The Kremlin-backed candidate Alu Alkhanov has got 75.1 percent of the ballots in Sunday&#39;s presidential poll in Russia&#39;s Chechen republic after 64.
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Oil-rich Kazakhstan prepared to vote Sunday in a parliamentary poll criticized by the West and all but written off as unfair by opposition parties.