96.5% Armenian Citizens in Russia Said "Yes" to Constitutional AmendmentsNovember 30, 2005 - 12:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 96.5% of Armenian citizens in Russia, who took part in the constitutional referendum held November 27 backed the amendments, reported Yerkramas, the newspaper of Armenians of Russia. According to head of the Moscow regional organization "Russian-Armenian Commonwealth" Yuri Navoyan 19446 (96.5%) out of 20142 RA citizens, who voted in the referendum, said "yes" to the constitutional amendments, 377 (1.9%) voted against. In all the number of polling stations in 9 cities made 12. 3 constituencies functioned in Moscow. The number of voters in the Russian capital comprised 5380; 5268 (97.9%) voted for, 103 (1.9%) against, 9 (0.2%) ballots were declared invalid.Rostov-on-Don (2 polling stations): total number of votes 3750, for- 3300 (88%), against - 159 (4.24%), invalid - 291 (7.76%). Saint Petersburg: total number of votes 814, for- 804 (98.9%), against - 6 (0.8%), invalid - 4 (0.3%). Sochi: total number of votes - 1760, for - 1743 (99%), against - 15 (0.85%), invalid - 2 (0.15%). Volgograd: total number of votes - 1800, for - 1794 (99.7%), against - 0 (0.0%), invalid - 6 (0.3%). Yekatirenburg: total number of votes - 1956, for - 1953 (99.8%), against - 3 (0.2%), invalid- 0 (0.0%). Perm: total number of votes - 1282, for - 1202 (93.8%), against - 77 (6%), invalid - 3 (0.2%). Tolyatti: total number of votes - 1679, for - 1671 (99.5%), against - 6 (0.4%), invalid- 2 (0.1%). Vladivostok: total number of votes - 1721, for - 1711 (99.4%), against - 8 (0.5%), invalid - 2 (0.1%). 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 |