THE election observation mission, led by Mr Sholban Kara-Ool, Depu­ty Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, left Yan­gon for the Russian Federation by air yesterday morning.

They were seen off at Yangon International Airport by Yangon Region Chief Minister U Soe Thein, Union Election Commission Mem­ber U Aung Saw Win, regional min­isters, Mr Iskander Azizov, Ambas­sador of the Russian Federation to Myanmar, and officials from the Regional Election Subcommission. – Zwe Htet Ko (IPRD)/YHT(NLM)