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A meeting of the action group, nominating the parliament deputy of the first four convocations, coordinator of the Ossetian Popular Front Tarzan Kokoity as president of South Ossetia, has been held today in Tskhinval. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Central Election Committee. Representatives of t intelligentsia and the business community of South Ossetia have supported the candidacy of Tarzan Kokoity. The presidential aspirant thanked everyone for their support and trust. "Situation in South Ossetia is difficult.

A meeting of the action group, nominating Human Rights Ombudsman under the President of South Ossetia David Sanakoev for the presidency of the Republic of South Ossetia, has been held today in Tskhinval. The meeting was attended by members of the public, as well as representatives of the Central Election Committee of South Ossetia. After unanimous vote of members of the action group for nominating Sanakoev as the president of the Republic, he thanked all those present for their support. "Today, we have to live in difficult conditions. And I'm well aware of responsibility and the burden that falls on the shoulders of such high-ranking official - as head of state - Sanakoev has noted. - In my election program, I `ll introduce people to my thoughts and vision for the future of our country, and if they like them, then, I'm sure, people will say their word."

The South Ossetian political party "Raestag IR" (Fair Ossetia) has nominated former official, ex- head of Dzausky district Pavel Kumaritov for President of the Republic. The meeting was attended by members of the CEC of South Ossetia. Candidacy of Kumaritov was approved by secret ballot. "The main thing for me - is a national idea. We have overcome a long way to independence and today we must maintain it. And this is the most important thing in this situation ", - Kumaritov said.

The Central Election Committee of South Ossetia has accepted today three packages of documents from the action groups nominating an entrepreneur Dzhioev Rustem, the deputy first four convocations of the Parliament of South Ossetia Tarzan Kokoity, and a resident of Leningor district Basil Khachirov as the presidential candidates. This has been reported to IA "Res" by the CEC of the Republic.

Human Rights Ombudsman under the President of South Ossetia, David Sanakoev intends to run for the presidency of the Republic. As IA "Res" has been informed at the Central Election Committee of South Ossetia, today it received a notice about the meeting of the action group in support of David Sanakoev.

A meeting of the action group nominating Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of South Ossetia to the Russian federation Dmitry Medoev as president of South Ossetia, has been held today in Tskhinval. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Central Election Committee. Repesentatives of scientific and political circles of the Republic addressed the meeting in support of the candidacy of Medoev. According to the Vice-Speaker of the Parliament of South Ossetia Mira Tskhovrebova, Medoev is a person who will lead South Ossetia to the revival. "I know Dmitry Nikolayevich as a person, as a diplomat, as a patriot, devoted to his Republic. I associate the hope for revival of my country with him and I believe that he will be a worthy leader of South Ossetia", - Tskhovrebova said.

Four action groups nominating candidates for the presidency of the Republic have been registered today at the Central Election Committee of South Ossetia. As IA "Res" has been informed at the CEC of the Republic, the action groups nominating a businessman Oleg Kozaev, chief bailiff of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of South Ossetia Sergei Bitiev, the former head of the Dzausky district Ruslan Bagaev, judo coach Inal Dzukaev as presidential candidates, received certificates of registration. "These action groups now have the right to collect the necessary 500 signatures in support of their candidates," – the CEC has explained.

Ambassador of South Ossetia to the Russian Federation Dmitry Medoev does not exclude his participation in the presidential election of South Ossetia on March 25 as one of the candidates.
According to him, he arrived in Tskhinval and held a series of consultations with representatives of various political parties and public organizations.

A presidential aspirant of South Ossetia, a Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce Kozaev Roin Raminovich has not passed an exam on knowing the official languages (Ossetian and Russian) of the Republic, which is a prerequisite for registration of presidential candidates. As a result of the exam, which includes a dictation and a speech on the same topic in the Ossetian and Russian languages, Kozaev got a "fail." The decision was fixed in the final minutes of the linguistic commission. On Monday, February 6, the Central Election Committee will convene a meeting and make a decision on refusal of registration Roin Kozaev as a presidential candidate. It should be noted that Roin Kozaev first of the presidential aspirants has taken an exam on the official languages qualifications. It should also be reminded, that two linguistic commissions on revealing qualifications of the state languages of the Republic of South Ossetia- Russian and Ossetian - have been created by the CEC decision.

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.