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South Ossetia is ready for a second round of presidential elections in the Republic. As reported to IA "Res" by the Chairman of the Central Election Committee of South Ossetia Bella Plieva, 40 000 ballots have already been printed and sent to the territorial and divisional election committees.
According to her, the lists of voters have included 39,790 people.
"As in all previous rounds the passports of the voted electorate will be sealed again. The form of the stamp has been changed again, it will be right-angled,"- said Plieva. CEC has also noted that all polling stations are ready for the election. "The number of polling stations has not changed; they are still 84, including the two polls in the village of Upper Ruck in Dzausky district for the citizens of South Ossetia, living in the territory of North Ossetia. One poll will be functioning in Moscow, in the Embassy of South Ossetia in the Russian Federation"-clarified Plieva.

Boxers from Tskhinval Soslan Tedeev and Richard Bitiev are participating in the Fifth International boxing tournament among the juniors in memory of the international class master of sports Pavlyukov Nicolay. This has been said IA "Res" by the coach of the athletes Vitaly Slanov. "The competitions are held in Anapa. Tedeev is performing in the weight class up to 64kg, and Bitiev - in the heavyweight class, "- said Slanov. He said the composition of the competition is very strong.

The validity of the term "occupied territories" with regard to South Ossetia will be discussed at the Geneva talks on June7-8. This has been announced today at a briefing in Tskhinval by the head of the South Ossetian delegation at the Geneva discussions, the Plenipotentiary of the President of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement Boris Chochiev.

The recently created State Unitary Enterprise (SUE) of the Republic of South Ossetia "Complex processing facilities" will include dairy, meat, canning factory and logistics center. This has been reported to IA "Res" by Director General of the State Unitary Enterprise "Complex processing industries," Constantine Khakhanov.
"Milk and canning plants, meat and a logistics center are planned to be built within the framework of the Investment program" Development of agriculture in the Republic of South Ossetia» - said Khakhanov.
According to him, the milk processing factory, capable of producing up to 10 tons per shift will be constructed in order to provide a closed-cycle production of milk and dairy products. With an increase of the milk supplies, there is provided the possibility of organizing a second, if necessary, the third shift.

The official delegation of the Republic of South Ossetia at the Geneva international discussions took part in the plenary session of the 19th round. As reported to IA "Res" over the telephone from Geneva, by the Head of delegation, the Plenipotentiary of the President of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement Boris Chochiev, the "contentious debates on the future development of the draft agreement on the nonuse of force by Georgia against the Republic of South Ossetia and Abkhazia was held in the course of the meeting." "The Russian side has proposed a draft statement of the Geneva discussions on Transcaucasia on the nonuse of force, - said Boris Chochiev. - However, the Georgian side once again did not agree with this project.

Today in the Swiss Confederation the official delegation of the Republic of South Ossetia has held consultations with the Co-Chairs of the Geneva talks about the 19th round of discussions, planned for tomorrow. This has been said IA "Res" over the telephone from Geneva by the head of delegation, the Plenipotentiary of the President of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement Boris Chochiev.

Воспитанник школы бокса Цхинвала Азамат Плиев вышел в финал первенства Общественно-государственного физкультурно-спортивного объединения (ОГФСО) «Юность России» среди спортсменов 1996-1997 годов рождения. Об этом ИА «Рес» сообщил наставник спортсмена Мурат Кокоев.
«Наш спортсмен выступает в супертяжёлой весовой категории. Его соперник в поединке за первое место станет известен после боя за выход в финал между представителями команд Дагестана и Ставропольского края. Финальный поединок состоится 29 марта 2012 года», — сказал Кокоев.
По его мнению, Плиев проявит себя на этих соревнованиях с наилучшей стороны.

An official delegation of the Republic of South Ossetia arrived in the Swiss Confederation to participate in the Geneva international discussions. This has been reported to IA "Res" over the phone from Geneva by the head of the South Ossetian delegation, the Plenipotentiary of the President of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement Boris Chochiev.
According to Chochiev, discussion of the confidence-building measures, the draft agreement on the nonuse of force by Georgia against South Ossetia and Abkhazia, clarification of the fate of the missing persons and humanitarian questions will be continued at the meeting in Geneva.

The second round of presidential re-election in South Ossetia is scheduled for April 8, 2012. This decision of the CEC has been published today in the media of the Republic.
According to the CEC final protocol, Leonid Tibilov, who has collected 42.48% of the vote (11,453 people) and David Sanakoev, who has collected 24.58% of voters (6627 people) will contest in the South Ossetian presidential run-off. Dmitry Medoev who has collected 23.79% (6415 votes) and Stanislav Kochiev - 5.26% (1417 votes) have dropped out of the presidential race. 216 electors voted against all candidates.

The results of re-election of President of South Ossetia, held March 25, 2012, were totally predictable and expected. It has been stressed by Director General of Centre for Monitoring Democratic Processes «Quorum» Alexei Kochetkov in an interview with IA "Res".