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.
The acting President of the RSO Eduard Kokoity, Chairman of the RSO Government Yuri Morozov and oters late in the evening visited the Republican Maternity Hospital and congratulated parents of the kids that were born on the day of the referendum.
According to the Central Electoral Committee of the RSO for 20:30 voted 94,6 % electors.
Information of the Georgian mass-media that there are electorals on territory that is controlled by the South Ossetia authorities is a gross lie.
“We represent an organization that is monitoring elections in the world, we try to work not only with political scientists and experts but also with representatives of other fields – culture, science. We are very interested in young countries like Ossetia, in countries with young democracy.
President of the Republic of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity received a telegram from the Chairwoman of the Ossetian Diaspora in Germany Svetlana Jioeva. The telegram says:
Kurtesh Devaita former First Deputy Minister of Press, Transport and Information of Kosovo, Chief Editor of the Central Radio of Kosovo, said at the press-conference hold at the International press-center, that Kosovo and South Ossetia are united by their strive for independence.
Today Deputy of Russian State Duma Michael Markelov tried to visit Georgian village Tamarasheni temporarily not controlled by the authorities of South Ossetia, where according to the Georgian side today were taking place “alternative elections” of the President of South Ossetia.