RUSSIA'S REPRESENTATIVE IN OSCE HIGHLIGHTED ARMENIA'S EFFORTS FOR DEMOCRACY BUILDINGDecember 15, 2003 - 23:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia and Ukraine made a stupendous progress on the path of forming democratic bases, as reported by RIA Novosti, Russian permanent representative in the OSCE Permanent Council Alexander Alesxeyev stated addressing the OSCE sitting. At the same time he noted that during the elections in the other states of the former USSR numerous violations of the electoral legislation were fixed, however neither the US nor the EU touched upon this subject. "Why does the matter always concern Russia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Armenia and other Central-Asian states?"- he wondered. In Alexeyev's words, many of the CIS member-countries made considerable progress on the path of building democracy, however the OSCE often passes over it in silence. As an example of the unequal attitude of the European community to the former USSR states, he presented the fact that "despite mass restrictions of the universal suffrage of hundreds of thousands of the Russian-speaking population of Latvia and Estonia", the elections in these countries have been not discussed at the OSCE Permanent Council. Top stories 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. 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". Partner news | About 173 million drams and more than 30 beneficiary funds. "The Power of One Dram" is 4 years old In June 2020, the exclusive joint corporate social responsibility initiative of Idram and IDBank "The Power of One Dram" was launched. CSTO budget “to be adjusted due to Yerevan’s non-payment of contributions” The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Russia sends note of protest to Armenia over envoy’s trip to Ukraine’s Bucha Russia has sent a note of protest to Armenia over the visit of Vladimir Karapetyan and Tigran Ter-Margaryan to Bucha. Armenia: Protesters march to parliament, some spend the night on street The protesters did not disperse despite heavy rain that began at around 2 a.m. local time. |