Moscow chooses candidate for South Ossetia presidential postAugust 18, 2011 - 13:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Moscow endorses the nomination of Anatoly Bibilov for the post of South Ossetia’s President, Kommersant daily reports. Currently, the designation is being considered by President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Besides Bilbilov, the Kremlin mulled the candidacies of Zurab Kokoyev, the head of Unity ruling party, and Dmitry Medoyev’s, South Ossetia’s ambassador to Russia. According to Kommersant, initially, Moscow was going to support any candidacy proposed by late President Eduard Kokoyty but then decided to choose its own candidate. The decision was allegedly conditioned by Moscow’s discontent with the misuse of funds for the reconstruction of the breakaway republic after the 2008 war, for which Russia spent about 30 billion rubles. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |