By empty (10/4/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Georgian State Minister for Conflict Resolution Giorgi Khaindrava stated in on 4 October that Bagapsh has won the Abkhaz presidential election with 60 percent of the vote. But Khaindrava noted that Abkhaz authorities have already begun to falsify the election results in order to ensure the victory of their candidate, Prime Minister Khadjimba. The Georgian minister added that the Georgian government seeks to resume negotiations with Abkhazia, and \"with whoever is in power in Sukhumi.

By empty (10/4/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)

The OSCE chairman-in-office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Pasi, issued a statement on 4 October expressing his concern over the holding of presidential elections in Abkhazia. The OSCE statement affirmed support for the territorial integrity of Georgia and stressed that it recognizes neither the independence of Abkhazia nor the election. Noting that \"refugees and internally-displaced persons should be enabled to return to their homes in Abkhazia in safety and dignity before any election in the region can be held,\" the OSCE rejected the election as \"illegitimate and unacceptable.

By empty (10/3/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)

The FSB directorate in Nizhnii Novgorod Oblast arrested 11 alleged members of a local underground cell of the Islamist Hizb ut-Tahrir party organization. The FSB reportedly confiscated at least one weapon and literature calling \"for the overthrow of non-Islamic governments and the establishment of a global Islamic caliphate.\" Those arrested include foreign nationals, the report said, one of whom is an Uzbek citizen.