Elections On Horizon

After a period of relative quiet, Armenia faces successive electoral years in 2007 and 2008. Political noise will inevitably increase in the run up to both the parliamentary and then presidential ballots, though the opposition will struggle to upset the status quo. Perhaps more importantly, a free and fair vote will go a long way to improve ties with the US and EU, the latter of which recently signed a Neighbourhood Policy accord with all three Caucasus states. In any case, Russian businesses are showing enough interest in strategic industries to plug any investment gap in the

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