http://www.neweurasia.net/cross-regional-and-blogosphere/the-elections-on-neweurasia/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:53:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.neweurasia.net/cross-regional-and-blogosphere/the-elections-on-neweurasia/comment-page-1/#comment-1346 tajikistan.neweurasia.net » Free & Fair Tajik Election! Mon, 12 Jun 2006 02:50:56 +0000 http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/?p=87#comment-1346 [...] That doesn’t mean we can’t see who would win if the election were fair with an online poll. Actually, this online poll shows nothing of the sort; a majority of Tajiks are satisfied with the status quo and the opposition is fractured and divided, so Rakhmonov, much like his neighbor Nursultan Nazarbayev, would almost definitely win even if the election were fair. [...] [...] That doesn’t mean we can’t see who would win if the election were fair with an online poll. Actually, this online poll shows nothing of the sort; a majority of Tajiks are satisfied with the status quo and the opposition is fractured and divided, so Rakhmonov, much like his neighbor Nursultan Nazarbayev, would almost definitely win even if the election were fair. [...]

]]> http://www.neweurasia.net/cross-regional-and-blogosphere/the-elections-on-neweurasia/comment-page-1/#comment-1345 tajikistan.neweurasia.net » Blog Archive » OSCE Observers - but why? Fri, 31 Mar 2006 04:52:04 +0000 http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/?p=87#comment-1345 [...] The OSCE will be monitoring the presidential elections in Tajikistan in November, 2006. The question is why. Having OSCE observers didn’t work out so well for Kazakhstan, and it is basically predetermined that they will pronounce the elections to be significantly flawed in Tajikistan as well. Already there have been significant infractions and the election is still half a year away. [...] [...] The OSCE will be monitoring the presidential elections in Tajikistan in November, 2006. The question is why. Having OSCE observers didn’t work out so well for Kazakhstan, and it is basically predetermined that they will pronounce the elections to be significantly flawed in Tajikistan as well. Already there have been significant infractions and the election is still half a year away. [...]

]]> http://www.neweurasia.net/cross-regional-and-blogosphere/the-elections-on-neweurasia/comment-page-1/#comment-1344 www.neweurasia.net - Blogging Central Asia and the Caucasus » Blog Archive » Voices from Central Asia and the Caucasus Sun, 19 Mar 2006 20:07:21 +0000 http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/?p=87#comment-1344 [...] Kazakhstan: Erica over at The Durrty South of Siberia calls on people to donate American games to an organisation looking after physically-disabled children in the north of Kazakhstan. On neweurasia, Ben rounds up half a year of Kazakh election blogging that took the blog’s contributors from attending conferences to engaging in heated debates. Michael Hancock writes about the naivete with which some Kazakh families treat junk mail in their mailboxes, and in how far evil-minded advertisers are exploiting the hard-working people. Stavros, involved in human rights issues in Kazakhstan, posts podcasts on a number of issues. Check out this one on how a marshrutka (minibus) gets you around Almaty, Kazakhstan’s inofficial capital. [...] [...] Kazakhstan: Erica over at The Durrty South of Siberia calls on people to donate American games to an organisation looking after physically-disabled children in the north of Kazakhstan. On neweurasia, Ben rounds up half a year of Kazakh election blogging that took the blog’s contributors from attending conferences to engaging in heated debates. Michael Hancock writes about the naivete with which some Kazakh families treat junk mail in their mailboxes, and in how far evil-minded advertisers are exploiting the hard-working people. Stavros, involved in human rights issues in Kazakhstan, posts podcasts on a number of issues. Check out this one on how a marshrutka (minibus) gets you around Almaty, Kazakhstan’s inofficial capital. [...]

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