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Live Blog: Armenia Votes For President

11:26 18.2.2013
Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian casts his vote in Yerevan:

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10:37 18.2.2013
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10:33 18.2.2013
The Commnwealth of Independent states (CIS) ahs sent 212 observers from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia and the CIS Executive Committee (link in RU). The only organization with more observers in Armenia is the OSCE with 263.
10:07 18.2.2013
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09:50 18.2.2013
RFE/RL Armenian Service Director Harry Tamrazian interviews Heidi Tagliavini, the head of the OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission in Armenia:

09:27 18.2.2013
Here are two videos that appear to show the stamp given to voters after they cast their ballots being easily wiped away. The stamps are given to voters in their passports. In the first one, the cloth is soaked with hydrogen peroxide.




09:13 18.2.2013
Read our story on restrictions on voting for Armenians living abroad:

Under the revised Electoral Code, only Armenians working in embassies and other government representations or those working for a few large companies, as well as members of their families, will be able to cast their ballots from outside the country.

The rest of the enormous amount of expatriated Armenian citizens will either have to return to Armenia to vote or sit out the poll entirely.

08:25 18.2.2013
Follow RFE/RL's Armenian Service for the latest updates from all over Armenia:

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