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Breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh Region’s Incumbent Leader Wins Disputed Poll

A foreign observer monitors voting at a polling station in Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh, on July 19.

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July 20, 2012

Preliminary results show the incumbent separatist leader of Nagorno-Karabakh, the Armenian-controlled territory inside Azerbaijan, has won the presidential election staged by the separatist authorities.

The results show Bako Sahakian winning more than 66 percent of the vote on July 19.

Retired General Vitaly Balasanian was taking more than 32 percent.

Reports say 80 observers from 15 countries monitored the poll.

Azerbaijan has condemned the poll as "illegitimate" and warned of repercussions against foreigners who came to the territory to observe the voting.

Armenia and Azerbaijan have been in conflict for around three decades over Nagorno-Karabakh, with a fragile cease-fire in place since 1994.

The self-proclaimed Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh has not been recognized by any other country.

Based on reporting by Interfax and ITAR-TASS

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by: Anonimus from: Germany

July 20, 2012 09:47

You guys suck, that "republic" doesnt exist. Please kill yourself, "Bako Sarkisan"

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by: RD

July 20, 2012 19:18

You are so jealous NKR has a proper government, has proper elections and has a population that despite the fact that it does not have petro dollars, has something that many Azeris do not have; hope. You and your words prove you are a crusty, bitter and evil individual who is green with envy.

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by: Razo from: GE

July 22, 2012 19:58

RD you are absolutely right. Anonimus (turkey) from Germnay is jealous. So are many of them. Azerbaijan is a dictatorship and still has a lot to learn from it's tiny neighbor NKR.

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by: Armen from: Yerevan

July 26, 2012 10:06

You Ara emigrants don’t know what goes on in Hayastan. Our political system and that of NKR are as bad as all our neighbors. Just as corrupt and just as dirty. Your optimism is nice but false.