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[sephia karta @sephiakarta]

Abkhazia's Cassation Court has published its motivation for overturning Khajimba's re-election and ordering a new vote.

The core issue is discussed towards the end, and seems crystal clear to me.

tldr: A majority of votes was cast against Khajimba.

https://t.co/0UXGVG82ft

[sephia karta @sephiakarta]

@DanielBoffey The angle of this story is plain wrong. Belgian beers are not on the whole particularly hoppy, so this is not about them. The researchers seem to have American-style IPAs in mind.

[sephia karta @sephiakarta]

@philipoltermann Interesting story! But please correct "Soviet soil", as you mean East Germany, not the Soviet Union.

[sephia karta @sephiakarta]

Well that didn't last long. Kan Kvarchia has withdrawn his candidacy, so now young Economy Minister Adgur Ardzinba will represent the outgoing government in a direct confrontation with opposition leader Aslan Bzhania. #Abkhazia #Caucasus

https://t.co/waV4MEt8Ke

[sephia karta @sephiakarta]

Now that the Cassation Court has ordered a new election, in which Khajimba won't run, that plan has been fast-forwarded, and Kvarchia was nominated yesterday.

An open question is to what extent he will distance himself from the outgoing government.

https://t.co/CJGxnLHeLa

[sephia karta @sephiakarta]

@mck_beth It's an excellent article, but the following isn't true:

"Idlib is the only part of the country that remains outside Assad’s de facto control"

[sephia karta @sephiakarta]

This seems incredibly shortsighted, since Ukraine's moral claim to Crimea hinges on the support it enjoys from the Tatar population.

Crimean Tatar TV Channel In Ukraine Blames Lack Of State Funding For Imminent Closure

https://t.co/7xaPpzke4n

[sephia karta @sephiakarta]

Excellent analysis of the current political crisis in Abkhazia by Sergey Markedonov

[Abkhaz World @AbkhazWorld]

"The contradictions of the political game." Who will become the new president of #Abkhazia, by Sergey Markedonov https://t.co/OkB8Dk9mtK #abkhazie #abhazya #caucasus

[sephia karta @sephiakarta]

Last year, the failure of Bzhania and Ankvab's opposition wings to join forces until the very last minute probably cost them the election. Today's agreement indicates they have learned that lesson. 3/3

[sephia karta @sephiakarta]

Abkhazia's opposition agrees to cooperate in march's presidential election rerun: Alexander Ankvab to become Prime Minister if Aslan Bzhania wins. #Abkhazia #Caucasus 1/3

https://t.co/qAlg5dUXjU

[sephia karta @sephiakarta]

After Ankvab's ouster as President in 2014, Bzhania was the candidate representing the deposed government, but when he ran again last year, Ankvab initially supported his own surrogate candidate. 2/3

[De Facto @defactoborders]

De Facto's film tip @IFFR: Little Man, Time and the Troubadour, a poetic road movie about #Abkhazia. https://t.co/HQQETOKPRE

[sephia karta @sephiakarta]

Now that the Cassation Court has ordered a new election, in which Khajimba won't run, that plan has been fast-forwarded, and Kvarchia was nominated yesterday.

An open question is to what extent he will distance himself from the outgoing government.

https://t.co/CJGxnLHeLa

[sephia karta @sephiakarta]

When Kan Kvarchia became mayor of Sukhum last year, he embarked on a campaign of high-profile initiatives, like paying for new palm trees out of his own pocket, that suggested a plan to succeed Raul Khajimba as president in 2024. #Abkhazia #Caucasus

[sephia karta @sephiakarta]

Vice President Aslan Bartsits has also resigned, and Khajimba will not participate in the new election. Prime Minister Valeri Bganba will serve as Acting President, just as in 2014

[sephia karta @sephiakarta]

Raul Khajimba resigned as President of Abkhazia, following a ruling by the Cassation Court that last year's election was invalid and protests calling for his immediate resignation, despite earlier vows to appeal the ruling and stay on as acting President

https://t.co/LS0oAG7T6b

[sephia karta @sephiakarta]

@TxTbUk Alright, that's a huge task! Take care!

[sephia karta @sephiakarta]

@TxTbUk I'm catching up with the tblpod and I noticed there haven't been any recent updates. I hope you're doing well and you'll be able to pick it up again!

[sephia karta @sephiakarta]

Fair piece by Uwe Klußmann in Der Spiegel @SPIEGELONLINE about Abkhazia

Kalter Krieg um den Strandstaat https://t.co/sTIRxVTM45

[Nathan @thornburgh]

Abkhaz PM died on the same stretch of road that I was pretty sure I would die on back in 2012 #ripGagulia https://t.co/QhJYg4V6sY

[sephia karta @sephiakarta]

Not to mention that since Abkhazia has a strongly presidential system, you'd have to provide some sort of explanation as to why someone would deem the Prime Minister so important that they would want to kill him AND do a full cover-up

[Ani Wandaryan @GoldenTent]

@Paul_Hol1000 @AlexKokcharov Sentient people know that drunk driving is a plague in Abkhazia, not a conspiracy https://t.co/f159hjO8cd