Rech Nardoda - Speech of the People
President announces new Prime Minister; opposition activist arrested for terrorist ties.
September, 5216 (Backdated)
The Bashnya, Rodshyadam - President Vlasov announced that Panteley Afanasievich Volvakov, who was appointed as the Chief of the Presidential Administration roughly a year ago, as the new Prime Minister of the Trigunia Federation. Volvakov was formally appointed on 1 September, 5216 and shortly after his appointment formally appointed his Council of Ministers. The only two retained were Colonel-General (Police) Viktor Nikolaev and Army General Agripin Zhukov as Minister of Internal Affairs and Minister of Defense respectively. Prime Minister Volvakov noted that he had every intention of bringing justice for the murder of his predecessor. President Vlasov decreed a total crackdown in the Vlozenya region consisting of the National Guard and the State Security Service, according to the Ministry of Justice over 150 alleged members of the self-proclaimed "Vlozenyan Emirate" have been arrested and President Vlasov stated that should the Vlozen Republic fail to "...keep its house in order." the President will weigh the end of the autonomy of the Vlozen Republic. This was rebuked by Volzen Republic's President, Vakhita Maskhadov, who stated that the wider Vlozen people had nothing to do with the attacks and that the President should avoid inflammatory comments.
The Ministry of Justice confirmed the arrest of Hebizh Kasparov, an independent member of the State Duma and noted opposition activist, for being a member of the self-proclaimed Vlozenyan Emirate and a close associate of self-proclaimed "Emir" Dugurkhan Ahmadov. Chief Editor and owner of the Trigunian Informer, Ignatiy Naumenko, condemned the arrest and stated that Kasparov has not visited Vlozenya nor is he a member of the Ahmadi faith, something he can personally confirm. Representatives from the State Security Service and the National Guard confirmed that Kasparov was found at a residence owned by Ahmadov.