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	Alexander Ankvab - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After the disintegration of the Soviet Union and Georgia's achievement of independence in 1991, Ankvab became a member of the Abkhaz Supreme Soviet.
		He was appointed interior minister of Abkhazia's separatist government during the 1992-1993 conflict with the Georgian central government.
		Ankvab decided to support Bagapsh instead and was crucial to the latter's electoral success.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alexander_Ankvab (359 words)

	The Jamestown Foundation
		Alexander Ankvab, prime minister of the self-proclaimed Republic of Abkhazia in Georgia, narrowly escaped death late on February 28 when still-unidentified assailants shot at his motorcade.
		Ankvab was a close ally of Bagapsh during the disputed elections in Abkhazia last fall, and he was also the informal leader of the influential Abkhaz civic movement "Aitaira" (Revival).
		Ankvab himself denied any "Georgian connection" in the attempt on his life and said that it was actually the work of criminal groups angered by his moves to eliminate opportunities for illegal profits and to introduce wide-scale anti-corruption measures.
	www.jamestown.org /print_friendly.php?volume_id=407&issue_id=3250&article_id= (853 words)

	One Should Swap Cars in Midstream - Kommersant Moscow
		Abkhaz Prime Minister Alexander Ankvab survived the attempted murder Monday.
		Ankvab backed up the president, specifying the attempt could be more linked to the criminal structures, losing their influence and money at large, not to the officials.
		Both Bagapsh and Ankvab appear counting on at least the outward appearance of a unity with their recent opponent Raul Khadjimba.
	www.kommersant.com /p551444/r_500/One_Should_Swap_Cars_in_Midstream (533 words)

	ISN Security Watch - Abkhaz PM survives second murder attempt
		Ankvab, who is a close ally of Bagapsh, took over the post of prime minister on 14 February, following a three-month election crisis that was resolved with a power-sharing deal that saw Bagapsh named president in January and his former rival, Raul Khajimba, named vice-president.
		Ankvab returned to Abkhazia in 2000, after spending the previous six years establishing himself as a successful businessman in Russia.
		In late 2004, Ankvab declared his intention to run for president in the separatist republicâs October elections, but was disqualified for not having resided in the republic for a substantial period and for not speaking the Abkhaz language, as is required by the constitution.
	www.isn.ethz.ch /news/sw/details.cfm?id=11042 (443 words)

	Georgia: Second assassination attempt on Abkhaz Premier
		Alexander Ankvaba did not suffer, however, Abkhazia's Hero Roman Geriya, member of the Amtskhara public organization, was wounded.
		Alexander Ankvab, an influential political figure, was appointed as the Prime Minister of the unrecognized republic on February 14.
		SUKHUMI, April 1 (Itar-Tass) — A motorcade of Abkhaz Prime Minister Alexander Ankvab and Deputy Prime Minister Leonid Lakerbaya came under fire in the Sukhumi district.
	iraqwar.mirror-world.ru /article/45112 (519 words)

	News from Abkhazia September 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Alexander Ankvab was prevented from standing by Abkhazia's central election commission when it met on September 2, the last day on which candidates could register for the October 3 poll.
		Ankvab was Abkhazia's interior minister during the Georgian-Abkhaz war of 1992-93 and is now a successful businessman.
		Ankvab had earlier refused to sit the mandatory test for proficiency in the Abkhaz language, arguing that it is unconstitutional.
	www.kapba.de /News-E-September2004.html (2626 words)

	Russia in Global Affairs
		Gunmen opened fire at Prime Minister Alexander Ankvab’s car late Monday, the news agency cited the Abkhazian Interior Ministry.
		Ankvab was riding in another car at the time, Interfax said.
		Alexander Ankvab became Prime Minister of Abkhazia on Feb. 14 this year.
	eng.globalaffairs.ru /printver/840.html (167 words)

	December 15, 2004
		Probably the greatest hypocrite on the political stage in Abkhazia is the so-called Prime Minister Designee Alexander Ankvab.
		Ankvab, during an interview with “Free Georgia,” demonstrated a thorough disregard for the truth, ignorance of the facts, and lack of vision.
		Ankvab is devoid of any ideas and is a fictional representative of an unrecognized state that has absolutely no credibility regionally or internationally.
	www.abkhazia.org /12_15_2004_English.htm (513 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Central Election Commission barred one of the leading contenders, Alexander Ankvab, for allegedly failing to meet the residency requirement for presidential candidates.
		The commission also cited his refusal to take a full language test to evaluate his command of Abkhaz, which is the official state language of the Abkhaz Republic.
		Ankvab, who was the breakaway republic's interior minister during the Georgian-Abkhaz war of 1992-1993, has been among the most prominent opponents of President Ardzinba.
	www.freedomhouse.org /inc/content/pubs/fiw/inc_country_detail.cfm?country=7099&pf (1389 words)

	Gunmen Attack Abkhazia Leader's Convoy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		SUKHUMI, Georgia - Gunmen attacked a convoy carrying the prime minister of the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia on Friday, wounding a driver, according to the vice premier of the Muslim enclave on the Black Sea.
		It was the second assassination attempt in a month on Alexander Ankvab.
		On March 1, gunmen fired on Ankvab's car as he traveled to the prime minister's residence in a resort north of Sukhumi.
	www.comcast.net /data/news/2005/04/01/96354.xml (267 words)

	Abkhazia PM Survives Assassination Attempt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		MOSCOW - The prime minister of Georgia's separatist Abkhazia region survived an assassination attempt by unknown assailants, the Interfax news agency reported Tuesday.
		Gunmen opened fire at Prime Minister Alexander Ankvab's car late Monday, Interfax reported, cited the Abkhazian Interior Ministry.
		Ankvab was riding in another car, Interfax said.
	www.comcast.net /data/news/2005/03/01/69829.xml (140 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Georgia - Abkhazian PM survives assassination attempt
		THE prime minister of Georgia’s separatist Abkhazia region has survived an assassination attempt by unknown assailants believed to be unhappy at the new government’s attempts to establish the rule of law.
		Gunmen opened fire at Alexander Ankvab’s car late on Monday night while he was travelling to the prime ministerial residence in Gudauta, a resort north of the capital, Sukhumi, the interior minister, Otar Khetsiya, said yesterday.
		Mr Ankvab told a local television station: "I believe there are two factors here: pressure on the president and the new Abkhazian leadership, which have taken the course aimed at strengthening discipline and establishing order, and secondly the leadership has evidently hit the sore points where criminal structures were earning big money.
	news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=11&id=229882005 (488 words)

	[No title]
		Sukhumi, Georgia, Mar. 1 (BNA) The prime minister of Georgia's separatist Abkhazia region survived an assassination attempt by unknown assailants, the interior minister said Tuesday.
		Gunmen opened fire at Prime Minister Alexander Ankvab's car late Monday while he was traveling to the prime minister's residence in Gudauta, a resort north of the capital Sukhumi, said Interior Minister Otar Khetsiya.
		The prime minister was riding with his deputy, Leonid Lakerbaya, in another, identical metallic gray Volga sedan at the front of the motorcade, Khetsiya said.
	english.bna.bh /newsadmin/printable.php?ID=28394 (135 words)

	US ambassador to Georgia has been briefed about the history of Georgian-Abkhaz relations - Russian News - REGNUM
		On December 7, Prime Minister of Abkhazia Alexander Ankvab met US ambassador to Georgia John Tefft and political and economic advisor of the embassy Bridget Brink.
		John Tefft said that he knew that Abkhazians had their own independent state before joining Georgia, and asked, if any legal relations between Georgia and Abkhazia are possible in the framework of a united state.
		Ankvab told that a decree about such legal relations in the framework of a federative state should have been discussed by the parliament when the Georgian aggression begun.
	www.regnum.ru /english/556452.html (840 words)

	Interfax > Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		March 6 (Interfax) - Abkhaz Prime Minister Alexander Ankvab objects to a pullout of Russian peacekeepers from the unrecognized republic and says that Sukhumi might assist South Ossetia if the conflict escalates.
		No one can deny us the right to help [in case of hostilities in South Ossetia]," he said in an interview published in the Monday issue of the newspaper Vremya Novostei.
		Ankvab said that he feels very "negative" about the tensions surrounding South Ossetia.
	www.interfax.ru /e/B/0/28.html?id_issue=11474568 (211 words)

	Abkhaz Officials Say Regional Prime Minister Survives Assassination Attempt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Authorities say the motorcade of Prime Minister Alexander Ankvab came under fire outside Sukhumi late Monday.
		Ankvab blamed criminals for the attack and said it had nothing to do with the political situation in the region.
		Russia's Foreign Ministry condemned the attack as an attempt to destabilize the region and hurt chances for a settlement with the central Georgian government.
	quickstart.clari.net /voa/art/ac/2005-03-01-voa12.html (169 words)

	Printed Version
		Ankvab had intended to contest the election himself but Abkhazia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) disqualified him for refusing to sit an Abkhaz language test and for not having the minimum residency requirements.
		BHHRG heard rumours that Alexander Ankvab and Yuri Luzhkov were personally close, but that Luzhkov, a leader of the United Russia Party that controls the Duma, was nevertheless publicly backing Khadjimba for president.
		The party newspaper of Alexander Ankvab’s Revival party was freely available in Sukhum in the days before the election in addition to “Choice of Life,” whereas BHHRG saw no party newspapers for the Khadjimba camp even in the campaign headquarters which were, incidentally, no grander or better-equipped than Bagapsh campaign HQ.
	www.bhhrg.org /Print.asp?ReportID=225&CountryID=10 (8091 words)

	Press Review
		Abkhzia' s Prime Minister Alexander Ankvab on Friday called indecent Georgia' s President Mikheil Saakashvili' s statement on Russia' s annexation of the unrecognized republic.
		Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko has taken up another responsibility--from now on he himself will determine the fate of corrupt state officials.
		Culture Minister Alexander Sokolov has made a report on the work done by his ministry last and this year.
	www.themoscowtimes.com /stories/2005/09/19/001-PR.html (3004 words)

	Online Magazine - Civil Georgia
		During visit in Sokhumi, UN official also met with Abkhaz Prime Minister Alexander Ankvab and Foreign Minister of breakaway region Sergey Shamba.
		Situation in the Gali region as well as draft agreement between the Abkhaz and Georgian sides on non-resumption of hostilities were discussed during the meeting.
		Prime Minister of the breakaway region Alexander Ankvab denied that the Abkhaz side intends “to forcefully” grant Abkhaz citizenship to those ethnic Georgians who reside in the Gali district, but also reiterated that the Abkhaz side will never allow double Abkhaz-Georgian citizenship for the residents of Gali.
	www.civil.ge /eng/article.php?id=11408 (418 words)

	BHHRG
		SUKHUMI, Georgia (AP) - The prime minister of Georgia's separatist Abkhazia region survived an assassination attempt by unknown assailants, the interior minister said Tuesday.
		Gunmen opened fire at Prime Minister Alexander Ankvab's car late Monday while he was traveling to the prime minister's residence in Gudauta, a resort north of the capital Sukhumi, said Interior Minister Otar Khetsiva.
		The prime minister was riding with his deputy, Leonid Lakerbaya, in another, identical metallic gray Volga sedan at the front of the motorcade, Khetsiva said.
	www.bhhrg.org /mediaDetails.asp?ArticleID=33 (208 words)

	U.S. Air Force AIM Points: Russia, Georgia working toward compromise on bases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		There is progress in the negotiations, but I will believe it only when I see a signed document,' Saakashvili said in televised remarks from the Polish capital, Warsaw.
		Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Yakovenko cautioned, however, that Moscow was not willing to make major concessions.
		He was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies that Moscow's latest offer was for a pullout in the course of 2008 -- a timetable that could possibly stretch up to a year longer than demanded by Tbilisi.
	aimpoints.hq.af.mil /display.cfm?id=3678 (460 words)

	News: Caucasus (Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia), Georgia: Abkhaz elite signs unity pact
		Abkhazia's divided elite signed an unprecedented declaration last week committing them to display unity against what they said was a threat of aggression from the Georgian government.
		President Sergei Bagapsh, Vice-President Raul Khajimba, Prime Minister Alexander Ankvab and Speaker of Parliament Nuzgar Ashuba were the first to put their names to the common declaration on February 16, affirming their desire to have the unrecognised republic, which seceded de facto from Georgia in 1993, recognised as an independent state.
		A comprehensive list of public figures then added their signatures, including the heads of regional assemblies, representatives of religious and ethnic minorities and the heads of governmental and non-governmental organisations.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SODA-6MB7VU?OpenDocument (1056 words)

	Abkhazian PM survives assassination attempt - Turkish Daily News Mar 02, 2005
		The prime minister of Georgia's separatist Abkhazia region survived an assassination attempt by unknown assailants, the interior minister said on Tuesday, and officials in the restive territory blamed criminal groups being squeezed by the new government's attempts to establish the rule of law.
		These channels are being blocked now and this is how they reacted to the situation," Ankvab told local television.
		The Interfax news agency quoted Georgia's state minister for conflict resolution, Georgy Khaindrava, as saying that the assassination attempt had stemmed from a conflict inside the breakaway region's leadership.
	www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /article.php?enewsid=7235 (464 words)

	Abkhazia : Victory of the frontrunner Sergey Bagapsh on the elections held on January 12th, 2005 - CAUCAZ.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The first date of the presidential calendar of Serguei Bagasph will be the formation of the new " government of national unit ".
		The Russian businessman Alexander Ankvab had already occupied Interior minister's post abkhaze.
		The new elected president will also have to share power with Raul Khajimba, his main rival during the last presidential election of October, 2004.
	www.caucaz.com /home_eng/breve_contenu.php?id=108 (993 words)

	BakuTODAY.net - Abkhaz PM Advocates Privatization (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Prime Minister of breakaway Abkhazia Alexander Ankvab said in an interview with the Abkhaz news agency Apsnypress on June 24 that “there is too high rate of state-ownership” in Abkhazia and the authorities need “to get rid of this burden.”
		As you know, most of the resort facilities in Gagra district are already leased,” Ankvab said, adding that privatization of these facilities would be more profitable.
		When asked about opponents’ allegations that the current authorities have prioritized economy over politics, hence overshadowing those political aspirations of the Abkhaz people, which have been prevailing during the national-liberation movement, Ankvab responded that these “are false” assumptions.
	www.bakutoday.net /view.php?d=13793 (230 words)

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