At the conference held today in Tskhinval the Communist Party of South Ossetia has nominated a party leader Stanislaw Kochiev as the candidate for president of the Republic. The decision was made by secret ballot. Out of 167 delegates of the city and district party committees, attended the conference, 155 voted for nomination of Kochiev, 4 - against.
Meeting of the action group, nominating a Chairman of the Afghan Veterans Union Murat Guchmazov for president of South Ossetia has been held in Tskhinval. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Central Election Committee. The participants of the meeting unanimously voted for nomination of Guchmazov for presidential elections on March, 25.
The presence of the Russian troops in South Ossetia is guarantee of peace and creation of the Republic. It has been said to journalists by the Acting President of South Ossetia Vadim Brovtsev after the solemn parade held in the territory of the fourth Russian military base in Tskhinval on the third anniversary of formation of the base. "Today we can state unequivocally that presence of the Russian troops in a territory of the Republic of South Ossetia is guarantee of peace, creation and restoration of peaceful life in our independent country", -Acting President has said. He has noted that there is friendly and trust relationship between Russian soldiers and population of South Ossetia, as well as the Russian-South Ossetian relations are in general.
The meeting of the action group for nominating an entrepreneur Rustem Dzhioev for presidential election has been held in the village of Znaur. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Central Election Committee. As reported to IA "Res" by Rustem Dzhioev, within the next few days the action group will submit the necessary documents to the CEC for registration.
Professional boxer from South Ossetia Aslanbek Kozaev will hold regular rating fight with the champion of the United States among professionals according to the World Boxing Council (WBC) Rins Brewer. As the coach of the athlete Vitaly Slanov told IA "Res", "the fight will take place on February 18, 2012 in the U.S. city of Hammond, Indiana. Aslanbek`s opponent is 24 years old. He has won 25 out of the 26 fights. 16 of his wins are KO's. He is a serious contender with a powerful blow, - Slanov has noted. – The athletes will be boxing in the weight category 66 kg. In case of victory, our boxer will have the right to contend for the European championship according to WBC». According to Slanov, Kozaev is now being trained in Chicago.
South Ossetian authorities are going today to transfer to the Georgian side five Georgian citizens detained January 25 for illegal crossing of the border. As IA "Res" was informed at the press service of the KGB of South Ossetia, "transferring of detainees will be held in the Georgian border village of Ergneti.
Representatives of the Union of Russian, citizens living in South Ossetia, will participate in the III-d international song and poetry contest "Cranes over Russia," which will be held February 15 in Moscow. As reported to IA "Res" by the Chairman of the Union of Russian citizens Natalia Zhujkova, a trip has been arranged by financial support of the Russian Cooperation in South Ossetia.
On the initiative of the Ministry of Economic Development of South Ossetia and the Chamber of Commerce of the Republic, in the second half of February the first congress of the South Ossetian entrepreneurs is going to be held in Tskhinval. It has been reported to IA "Res" by Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce of the Republic Roin Kozaev. "We plan to invite to the congress entrepreneurs and the leadership of the Republic, representatives of legislative and executive branches of government - We are also going to invite representatives of the fiscal authorities, various associations of businessmen, academics and directors of enterprises."-Kozaev has told.
Central Election Committee of South Ossetia has accepted package of documents from the action group on nominating a consultant of the RSO presidential envoy administration on post-conflict settlement Leonid Tibilov as a candidate for president of the Republic.
Since the beginning of 2012 employees of the FSS Border Control Agency of Russia in South Ossetia have detained more than 15 violators of the state border of South Ossetia and Georgia. As reported to IA "Res" at the press service of the FSS Border Control Agency of Russia in South Ossetia, the detainees - mostly citizens of Georgia - violated the state border with the economic and domestic purposes.