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	Asia Times Online - The trusted source for news on Central Asia
		Earlier, Bagapsh had offered Khajimba the posts of prime minister or vice president, which the latter had refused, calling instead either for a revote or for both candidates to drop out in favor of a new election with new candidates, one of whom presumably would be Moscow's current protege Khashba.
		Khajimba responded to the Elder's decision by appearing to back down for the first time, saying that he would consult with his supporters before reaching a decision.
		Khajimba labeled the resolution "absurd" and Ardzinba's office announced that the incumbent president had not instructed state agencies to obey the parliamentary instructions.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Central_Asia/FK30Ag01.html (2411 words)

	Unrecognized republic of Abkhazia elects president - PRAVDA.Ru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Abkhazian Prime Minister Raul Khajimba, the director of the state-owned company Chernomorenegro, Sergey Bagapsh, former foreign affairs minister Sergey Shamba, former prime minister Anri Jergenia and People's Party leader Yakub Lakoba are running for the president of the unrecognized republic of Abkhazia.
		One of the central nominees in the election, Abkhazian Prime Minister Raul Khajimba, strongly emphasized the aspect of cooperation with Russia in his pre-election campaign.
		Khajimba told reporters at his poll in Abkhazia's capital Sukhumi that he would continue striving for the complete rupture of relations with Georgia and for the international recognition of Abkhazia.
	english.pravda.ru /printed.html?news_id=14369 (611 words)

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		Khajimbaâs team plans to âprotest.â And with more than 40,000 Bagapsh supporters expected to turn upâ”a sizable proportion of the regionâs population of 250,000--the possibility of bloodshed is mounting.
		Khajimba seeks to preserve it.â Two key elements of Khajimbaâs manifesto--reform of the law enforcement agencies and constitutional reform giving the president the right to disband parliament--suggest that he wants to exert even tighter control (Bagapsh supporters are strong in both these institutions).
		I think [Khajimbaâs team] has a lot to be afraid of.â He points to the privatization of beach resorts and state property amounting to âtens of millions of dollars.â âPrivatization and ârentsâ [lucrative sinecures] were portioned out with no tenders,â he continues.
	courses.wcupa.edu /rbove/eco343/040Compecon/Soviet/Georgia/041202abkhaz.txt (2947 words)

	ISN Security Watch - Russia's support for Yanukovych may backfire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The similarities between Abkhazia's Raul Khajimba and Ukraine's Viktor Yanukovych may end here, but the Ukrainian candidate and the Russian president should be scratching their heads over the failure of the Russian-backed Abkhaz candidate to win the presidential poll in Georgia’s separatist republic on 3 October, despite intensive, if not excessive, support from the Kremlin.
		Khajimba's campaign team, which included experts from Russia, seemed to have done everything possible to win the 3 October election by trying to capitalize on the pro-Russian sentiments of Abkhaz voters, many of whom hold Russian passports and still remember Moscow’s tacit support during their war of secession from Georgia.
		As a result, Khajimba lost the first freely contested presidential race in Abkhazia to Bagapsh and was fired by Ardzinba from the post of prime minister.
	www.isn.ethz.ch /securitywatch/details_print.cfm?id=10034 (1963 words)

	KAVKAZ CENTER
		Khajimba’s call for a rerun of the vote also received backing from the supreme court – but only after his supporters stormed the building and, according to the chief justice, forced the court’s hand.
		Raul Khajimba is my younger friend, he is my younger brother, and we will work together,” he said, to applause from his supporters.
		Khajimba, whom supporters describe as being depressed, is still believed to be able to count on the presidential guard and a special forces unit for support.
	kavkazcenter.com /eng/content/2004/11/22/3260.shtml (1134 words)

	Abkhazia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He condemned the elections once again as illegitimate and described Khajimba’s victory in the elections as "an appointment" and not an election victory, hinting that Khajimba, who is supported by Russia, was promoted to the post of President by the Kremlin.
		Raul Khajimba, 46, was appointed Prime Minister of the unrecognized republic in May 2003.
		Raul Khajimba told reporters while casting his ballot in the capital Sokhumi that Abkhazia will seek international recognition of its independence, as well as closer economic integration to Russia.
	www.unpo.org /print.php?arg=03&par=1233 (771 words)

	Prima-News
		Abkhaz presidential candidate Raul Khajimba believes that CEC’s decision to rerun the ballot only in Gali District is against the law.
		Raul Khajimba told journalists on Wednesday that "this decision is entirely against the law [regulating] the election of the President of Abkhazia and has no legal basis." In his words, the re-ballot should be held in all the country.
		Khajimba said that he appealed against the CEC’s decision to the Supreme Court of Abkhazia.
	www.prima-news.ru /eng/news/news/2004/10/11/29708.html (167 words)

	Abkhaz PM Survives Assassination Attempt :. News :. THE CHECHEN TIMES
		Although Bagapsh was pronounced the winner of the polls, prime minister and government candidate Raul Khajimba refused to concede defeat.
		The pact, which was later enshrined in a law by the parliament, also stipulated that Khajimba would manage 40 percent of the state budget and have a say over who should hold key ministerial portfolios such as defense, security, and foreign affairs.
		Khajimba last week accused Bagapsh of refusing to abide by the terms of the pre-election agreement.
	www.chechentimes.org /en/news?id=26729 (952 words)

	ISN Security Watch - Abkhaz court calls for new presidential poll (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The decision clearly favors governmental candidate Raul Khajimba, who has been openly backed both by outgoing President Vladislav Ardzinba and the Kremlin, which had appealed to the Supreme Court to cancel the results of the 3 October presidential election and hold a new statewide vote.
		Khajimba called for his supporters to remain calm despite telling the Russian Itar-Tass news agency that the Supreme Court decision was “illegal”.
		Khajimba was initially declared the winner one day after the election took place on 3 October, but this announcement was retracted by the CEC, who then declared Bagapsh President-elect.
	www.isn.ethz.ch /news/sw/details_print.cfm?id=10047 (334 words)

	Georgia: Abkhazia Strives For Stability As Vote Controversy Continues - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Raul Khajimba, the prime minister of the Georgian separatist province of Abkhazia and the government's candidate in last weekend's presidential polls, appeared to suffer two blows on 6 October.
		Addressing yesterday, Khajimba said he would appeal the decision and insisted that a new vote must be held in all areas of the Georgian separatist province: "We will demand that the CEC revert its decision and continue our election campaign.
		Khajimba accuses his main rival, former Prime Minister Sergei Bagapsh, of rigging the 3 October election, particularly in the Gali region that borders Georgia to the north.
	www.rferl.org /featuresarticle/2004/10/e13ea195-2587-4d6d-bd0b-6a1563190066.html (1078 words)

	Alternatives : No Breakthrough in Abkhaz Crisis
		However, Raul Khajimba, who is supported by the Kremlin and the republic’s outgoing President, claims that the election was flawed and that a republic-wide revote must occur, as was decreed by the President of the breakaway republic.
		On November 21, Abkhaz pro-governmental presidential contender Raul Khajimba declined the chance to become the unrecognized republic’s Prime Minister in opposition presidential candidate Sergey Bagapsh’s government.
		On the backdrip of the aggravation of the situation in breakaway Abkhazia, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said on November 23 that the authorities are waiting for a particular moment to restore the country’s territorial integrity.
	www.alternatives.ca /article1569.html (764 words)

	EurasiaNet Environment - Georgia: Controversy Grows Over Abkhaz Presidential Election
		In comments to reporters on 4 October, Khajimba’s campaign chief Guram Inapshba accused Bagapsh’s supporters of cutting off power to Gali polling stations after the vote in a bid to prevent pro-government observers from monitoring the counting of ballots.
		Khajimba himself claimed that many Gali residents were forced through intimidation to cast their ballots for his main rival.
		Khajimba has no chance of winning an election because he is not a political figure.
	eurasianet.org /departments/insight/articles/pp100504.shtml (1028 words)

	The Jamestown Foundation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Meanwhile, Khajimba told his supporters that, given recent events, it would be difficult for him to resume a dialogue with Bagapsh.
		Khajimba, however, hinted that he and his supporters might retaliate should Bagapsh's followers continue to be violent.
		On November 12, Khajimba and his followers sent an appeal to Moscow that asked Russia to protect Russian citizens in Abkhazia and establish stability in the region (Resonance, November 13).
	www.jamestown.org /email-to-friend.php?article_id=2368853 (914 words)

	Latest developments in Abkhazia hint at Russian intervention :. Press :. THE CHECHEN TIMES
		Since the court’s reversal, Ardzinba and Khajimba have increased the pressure on Bagapsh supporters to relent in their opposition to new elections.
		Heading into the October 3 vote, Bagapsh, like Khajimba, was pro-Russian in outlook and generally hostile to the notion of a rapprochement with Georgian officials in Tbilisi.
		Having served as prime minister before becoming a presidential candidate, Khajimba was a familiar face to Russian officials.
	www.chechentimes.org /en/press?id=23073 (930 words)

	Abkhazia is proud to have its own "Putin" - PRAVDA.Ru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		That is why the pre-election discrediting material was rather democratic and at the same time rather dull and frivolous.
		Former KGB agent and a chief of the analogous organization in Abkhazia by the name of Raul Khajimba has become the number one candidate.
		Khajimba has immediately acquired a nickname of “the Kremlin’s candidate”.
	english.pravda.ru /printed.html?news_id=14380 (468 words)

	BakuTODAY.net - Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Caspian news, links, maps etc.
		Outgoing president of Abkhazia Vladislav Ardzinba, who supports pro-governmental candidate Raul Khajimba, addressed the nation on October 12 and called "absurd" the decision of the CEC and warned that it “may lead to bloodshed.”
		Raul Khajimba, who along the local government’s support also enjoys with backing from Moscow, appealed the Supreme Court demanding cancellation of the Central Election Commission’s October 11 protocol, which declares Sergey Bagapsh as the winner of the elections with 50,08% support.
		After the face-to-face meeting between by-then Abkhaz Prime Minister Raul Khajimba and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi in late August, it became clear that outgoing Abkhaz President Ardzinba’s favorite candidate became the Kremlin’s choice as well.
	www.bakutoday.net /view.php?d=10684 (1151 words)

	Abkhazia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Deputies of Russia's parliament and Russian singers, led by Joseph Kobzon, both a deputy and a popular songster, came to Abkhazia compaigning for Khajimba.
		Outgoing president Ardzinba replaced Raul Khajimba as a prime-minister with Nodar Khashba, who, before this appointment served in the Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations.
		On 12 November supporters of Bagapsh, who is planning to be inaugurated on 7 December, took the building of Abkhazia's administration, making Nodar Khashba flee from his room.
	hallencyclopedia.com /Abkhazia (2970 words)

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		Khajimba's call for a rerun of the vote also received backing from the supreme court - but only after his supporters stormed the building and, according to the chief justice, forced the court's hand.
		Khajimba - according to Tarba - warned that he would need time to persuade his supporters to abandon the idea of repeat elections.
		The Russian government, which had thrown its support behind Khajimba's candidacy, said it was alarmed, and threatened intervention to protect Moscow's "interests." The storming of the government building was "an attempt at forcefully seizing power by the supporters of one presidential candidate," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Yakovenko.
	www.kafkas.org.tr /absoluten/showarticle.php?articleID=848 (1147 words)

	PINR - Russia's Slippery Foothold in Abkhazia
		With a small population of which ethnic Abkhazians are the third largest group after Russians and Armenians, and suffering from economic sanctions and a Georgian blockade, the mini-state has depended for its existence on Russian economic support and military protection in the form of "peacekeepers" from the Confederation of Independent States.
		Khajimba, an ex-K.G.B. agent and prime minister of Abkhazia under the outgoing regime of Vladislav Ardzinba -- who had governed the region from the Soviet era -- was seen as Moscow's man and he was given campaign support by Moscow political operatives.
		Khajimba's opponent Bagapsh had also been an official in the Soviet regime and was currently head of the national energy company.
	www.pinr.com /report.php?ac=view_report&report_id=224 (1895 words)

	EurasiaNet Eurasia Insight - Abkhazia: At War With Itself
		Ardzinba and his chosen successor, Raul Khajimba, continue to insist on a rerun of the vote or completely new elections.
		Two key elements of Khajimba’s manifesto--reform of the law enforcement agencies and constitutional reform giving the president the right to disband parliament--suggest that he wants to exert even tighter control (Bagapsh supporters are strong in both these institutions).
		Raul Khajimba has no qualms about admitting he enjoyed Russian backing.
	www.eurasianet.org /departments/insight/articles/pp120304.shtml (3069 words)

	Abkhazia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		After a presidential election in Oct., 2004, that apparently ended in a slim victory for opposition candidate Sergei Bagapsh, allegations of fraud from the Russian-supported runner-up, Prime Minister Raul Khajimba, resulted in a call for a new election, and a governmental impasse ensued.
		The issue was resolved when Bagapsh, who was widely believed to have won despite fraud on Khajimba’s side, agreed to a new election (Jan., 2005) in which Khajimba was his running mate.
		Russia’s failed attempt to manipulate a presidential victory for Khajimba, despite Bagapsh’s own pro-Moscow leanings, was generally seen as a significant blunder.
	www.bonus.com /contour/bartlettqu/http@@/www.bartleby.com/65/ab/Abkhazia.html (441 words)

	PINR - Russia's Slippery Foothold in Abkhazia Becomes a Slide
		Opposition candidate Sergei Bagapsh, running on a platform of continued ties with Russia and promises of an anti-crime and anti-corruption administration, won slightly more than 50 percent of the vote (44,002) to Khajimba's 30,815 votes, with the other candidates splitting the rest.
		Upon learning of the Court's verdict, Khajimba's supporters seized the court building and held the judges hostage until they reversed their decision and replaced it with a ruling ordering the Central Electoral Commission to set up a revote.
		Earlier, Bagapsh had offered Khajimba the posts of prime minister or vice president, which the latter had refused, calling instead either for a revote or for both candidates to drop out in favor of a new election with new candidates, one of whom presumably would be Moscow's current protégé Khashba.
	www.pinr.com /report.php?ac=view_report&report_id=239&language_id=1 (2427 words)

	[ RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY ]
		Under the deal, opposition leader Sergei Bagapsh and former prime minister Raul Khajimba are expected to run together on a joint ticket in new presidential elections.
		The agreement was finalized today, with both sides agreeing that the election should take place on 9 January and that their armed supporters should vacate all public buildings and leave Sukhumi within the next 24 hours.
		The RIA-Novosti news agency said some 1,200 armed supporters in uniform were picketing Khajimba's headquarters to demand that their candidate explain his motives for giving up plans to run for president.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2004/12/mil-041206-rferl02.htm (943 words)

	Institute for War and Peace Reporting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		To a large degree this is because the candidates borrowed Russian electoral tactics and went in for mass agitation of voters by attacking their rivals, holding concerts and so on.
		Almost up until polling day most people had expected that Khajimba, the young prime minister, would be the victor as he had the support of both the outgoing president, Ardzinba, and of the Kremlin.
		Nationalist politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky announced that, “If you don’t vote for Khajimba Russia will close its border with Abkhazia the next day and declare a blockade.” Singer and politician Iosif Kobzon said that he was coming to Khajimba’s inauguration and would sing at it.
	www.iwpr.net /index.pl?archive/cau/cau_200410_256_1_eng.txt (1280 words)

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		Late on October 28 the Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Khajimba and confirmed Bagapsh as the winner of the October 3 elections.
		However, following the court’s ruling, Khajimba supporters stormed the court building and in the early hours of October 29, Judge Giorgi Akaba announced the Supreme Court’s new decision, which overturned the earlier verdict and ordered a re-vote to be held, as demanded by Khajimba.
		The strength of Khajimba’s opposition ability had been gradually waning and took a serious blow after both the Parliament and Council of Elders of Abkhazia recognized Bagapsh as the president-elect.
	www.civil.ge /eng/print.php?id=8497 (762 words)

	The Jamestown Foundation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		On October 4, Abkhazia's Central Election Commission (CEC) declared Raul Khajimba winner of the October 3 presidential election.
		According to the CEC, Khajimba received 101,500 votes (52.84%), runner-up Sergei Bagapsh took 64,500 (33.58%), Sergei Shamba 19,050 (9.92%), Jakub Lakoba 5,259 (2.73%), and Anri Jergenia 1,800 (0.94%).
		The numbers released by the media, which also gave Khajimba 53% of the vote, were reportedly direct from Abkhaz electoral officials.
	www.jamestown.org /publications_details.php?volume_id=401&&issue_id=3094 (861 words)

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