Today at 4 a.m. from Georgian village Eredvi were shelled during 40 minutes nearby Ossetian villages by automatic guns. The correspondent of “Res” agency was given this information by the press-service of the Minister of Interior.
As is well known an ex-minister of Defence of Georgia Irakly Okruashvili recently appointed a minister of economic development has resigned. Evidently the suggested post wasn’t to main “Georgian hawk’s” liking. It’s clear because Georgia doesn’t put up so much money in its economic development as in Army. Now it would be also difficult for Okruashvili to make emotional statements at his new post.
On the 16th of November the Georgian party once more backed out of scheduled monitoring in the area of 15 km to the south of settlement Shavshvebi where recently a radar station of Air Defence of Georgia had been discovered. The object of the Ministry of Defence of Georgia illegally placed in the zone of conflict is guarded by the armed divisions and forces of Military Police of Georgia.
In the Georgian villages temporarily not controlled by the authorities of the Republic of South Ossetia were announced the final results of the so called alternative presidential elections. “President of Lower Ossetia”, as the RSO is called by the Georgian authorities, became former Prime-Minister of Chibirov’s Government Dimitry Sanakoev. The predecessor of the current RSO President had pro-Georgian orientation and as well as his confederates had nothing against joining Georgia.
Tonight was committed an assault against Chairwoman of the RSO State Committee on Information and Press Irina Gagloeva.
Central election committee of the Republic of South Ossetia at the session on 14 November 2006 examined and summed up results of the Presidential elections on 12 November 2006.
Based on the protocols of the territorial electorals the Central Election Committee of the Republic of South Ossetia made a final protocol on the results of the Presidential Elections in the Republic of South Ossetia.
As informed by the RSO Department of Transport press-center today a regular bus that was going from an Ossetian village Kvatetri was stopped in Georgian village Avnevi, temporarily not controlled by the RSO authorities.
At the international press-center for journalists was hold a press-conference of the Central Election Committee Chairwoman Bella Plieva during which were announced preliminary results of the Referendum and Presidential elections.
Yesterday late in the evening a telephone conversation took place between President of Abkhazia and the newly elected President of the Republic of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity. Sergey Bagapsh congratulated his South Ossetian colleague and the Ossetian people with the convincing victory at the elections and the referendum.
Currently at the central square of the capital of the Republic of South Ossetia – Tskhinval is taking place a big concert-meeting. At 22:00 the square was lightened by a colorful firework. In front of the public spoke the current President of the RSO Eduard Kokoity, Chairman of the RSO Government Yuri Morozov, Bishop Alanskiy and others.