25 May 2004 10:35
RUSSIA: CHECHEN ELECTION DATE SET
The elections for a successor to pro-Moscow Chechen administration head Akhmed-hadji Kadyrov, who was killed by a
bomb in Grozny on 9 May, will take place on 29 August, Russian media reported on 21 May, citing Russian Central Election
Commission Chairman Aleksandr Veshnyakov. Earlier reports indicated that the ballot would take place on 5 September, the
latest date permitted by the Russian Constitution. ITAR-TASS on 23 May quoted Chechen Central Election Commission
Chairman Abdul-Kerim Arsakhanov as saying that the election campaign will begin on 25 May, and that candidates must
submit to that commission by 14 July the relevant documentation, including the signatures of 6,000 voters in their
support or a 4.5 million-ruble ($150,000) deposit. Arsakhanov said no changes will be made to the existing election
legislation. LF Copyright (c) 2004. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
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