Federal Council Leader Ivan Tattar, the Unionist presidential contender, will become Polasciana’s next president after winning a clear majority against his Nationalist rival, former Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Sukhorukov. Tattar, 51, was declared President-elect in the early hours of this…
Nationalist presidential candidate Alexei Sukhorukov said today that he “would put every last bit of energy into the next two weeks of the campaign” and try to “make history come true again” after forcing a run off vote in the…
Unionist presidential candidate Ivan Tattar looks set to become Polasciana’s next president – securing 47% of the vote as results continue to be announced. Mr Tattar and his party are now chasing 3% of the vote they need to win…
Governor Katrina Fischer of Béspura, Federal Council Leader Ivan Tattar and Chudniv assemblyman Alexei Sukhorukov are currently travelling back to their respective home states to attend their party rallies ahead of the presidential election results which will start being counted…
Several key Coalition cabinet ministers including the Prime Minister descended on Emajic on Sunday afternoon as part of an effort by the party to reset its campaign for the presidency. With election day now just six days away, senior government…
The only televised debate of the presidential campaign took place in Karasicena last night, with election frontrunner Ivan Tattar dominating the discussion. Mr Tattar, the Unionist candidate, squeezed Coalition contender Katrina Fischer who appeared withdrawn and at times failed to…
Tymur Rubin, the former leader of the United Nationalist Democrats who also sat in the lower house from 2003 to 2013 as deputy for Turov, Kamchetka, has announced he will endorse Coalition candidate Katrina Fischer for president. Mr Rubin stood…
The Nationalist Party has been given a major boost as polls have shown that former Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Sukhorokhov, its presidential candidate, is likely to force a run-off vote in the election on November 3. Advisors to Mr Sukhorokhov’s…
Former government minister Lena Zilberman is to make an unexpected comeback to frontline politics. Confirming she will run to replace Dimochka Yakushkin in the House of Deputies, Zilberman, 55, resigned from her own Rogan seat in 2011 having suffered a…
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Forty eight hours of high level talks between leaders at the top of the Union Party have failed to find a consensus regarding the party’s candidate for November’s presidential election. The summit, called after the remaining candidates for the Unionist…
Katrina Fischer, the governor of Béspura, has formally announced she will seek the presidency in November’s election for the first time. In a major unexpected speech in Emajic on Sunday morning, Fischer declared she wanted to become the Progressive Centrist…
The Union Party is to ballot its members as part of a combined internal election to decide both its presidential candidate and permanent leader before July 18. Acting head of the party and former finance minister Dmitry Kreshnenvo announced the…
Taras Illyushin, the country’s most popular politician and the mayor of its most populous city, has reportedly told an inner circle of his closest advisors that he is ‘almost certain’ to seek the presidency. Arriving at his office on Friday…
The Nationalist Party leader Valeriya Dashkov announced this weekend that she will not seek the presidency for a third time. Dashkov, who rocked the political establishment four years ago by finishing a surprising third place in the 2015 race, released…
In a comprehensive broadcast interview, his first in over two years, former President Koruin Gruaman, who also served as Prime Minister between 2008 and 2011, defended himself against claims that his legacy cost the Progressive Centrists the presidency four years…
President Artamova this morning praised the ‘professionalism and bravery’ of his security detail who apprehended a man that tried to break through the security cordon, designed to protect the president, at an event. The incident occurred yesterday afternoon as Artamova…