Russian Officials Visit Sokhumi

A group of Russian Interior Ministry officials, led by First Deputy Interior Minister Alexander Chekalin, arrived in breakaway Abkhaz capital of Sokhumi on November 30, RIA Novosti news agency reported.

The Russian delegation is also accompanied by the Russian Deputy Prosecutor General Vladimir Kolesnikov.

Itar-Tass news agency reported on November 30 that legal experts from the Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) also arrived in Sokhumi.
 
?They [representatives of the Russian CEC] should examine all documentation of the Abkhaz CEC regarding the presidential elections,? de facto Abkhaz Prime Minister Nodar Khashba said on November 30.

?They are not here to give recommendations on how we should act. They will help us find mistakes and to discover the truth,? he added.