Izvestia Media Center will discuss upcoming elections in Abkhazia

OnJanuary 30 at 11:00 a.m. in the press center of the Izvestia media center a round table of the Expert Institute for Social Research (EISR) will be held on the topic: "Elections of the President of Abkhazia: what path will the republic choose?".

On February 15th presidential elections will be held in Abkhazia, which the republic is approaching against the background of tangible division of society. It is caused by opposition protests and energy crisis that arose after refusal of some Abkhazian politicians to sign economic agreements with Russia.

What moods dominate in Abkhazian society today? Who can become the next president of Abkhazia if elections are held fairly? How can Abkhazia solve the problems accumulated in society?

Participants:

- Alexei Martynov, director of the Institute of Modern States, associate professor at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation;

- Victor Poturemsky, Director of Political Analysis at the Institute of Social Marketing (INSOMAR);

- Kan Tania, Ambassador-at-Large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia;

- Valery Fedorov, Director General of VTsIOM;

- Anna Fedorova, political scientist, EISI expert.

Moderator: Pavel Danilin, Associate Professor at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Director of the Center for Political Analysis, member of the Public Chamber of Moscow.

For full-time accreditation to the press center please send your full name, media name, passport series and number to press-center@iz.ru.

Important: Media representatives can take part in the press conference ONLINE with prior accreditation. To do this, please send your full name, media name and mobile number linked to the installed Telegram application to press-center@iz.ru.

The broadcast will be available on the iz.ru website.

Accreditation of media: press-center@iz.ru, tel. (495) 937-61-70, ext. 4805, 4236

Entrance for media representatives by prior accreditation upon presentation of passport.

Address: Moscow, Partijny pereulok, 1, b.57, p.3, 2nd floor.

More information about the events of the press center on the website.