Dmitry Medvedev becomes parliamentary hopefulOctober 18, 2011 - 19:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Russia’s Central Election Commission registered the United Russia party’s candidate list on Tuesday, Oct 18 headed by President Dmitry Medvedev for the December 4 Duma elections. The party began the confirmation process for its 599 candidates in October. United Russia is fielding 183 non-party candidates and 416 party members. The party held its pre-election congress on September 23-24 in which the list of candidates for the Duma election was confirmed, RIA Novosti reported. 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. |