Russia’s ruling party candidates win all slots in local election![]() September 14, 2015 - 14:15 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Candidates from the ruling United Russia party have won the governor's seat in all 21 regions where the election was held as well as in 11 regional legislatures, the Associated Press reports. Early results released Monday, September 14, showed only one of the 21 United Russia candidates got less than 50 percent of the vote. The RPR-Parnas opposition party, which was allowed for run for a regional parliament in only one region, the largely rural Kostroma, polled just under 2 percent of the vote. The independent election monitor Golos said in a report Monday that the vote demonstrated the lack of political competition in Russia. Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. Partner news |