Государственное информационное агентство "Рес"

Today inauguration of the first international post office "Mail of South Ossetia" has been held in Tskhinval. The event was attended by representatives of the Government of South Ossetia and the Russian presidential administration, the leadership of the Office of the Federal Postal Service in North Ossetia, management and employees of the Republican SUE "Postal and Telegraph Services of South Ossetia" and administration of the Federal SUE "Mail of Russia".

Blitz-Poll: South Ossetia and Russia signed an intergovernmental agreement "On the mode of trade in goods," which will provide for duty-free trade between the two countries. How, in your opinion, it will affect the economy of the Republic?

Roin Kozaev, head of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of South Ossetia:
The agreement will allow free trade between South Ossetia and Russia. South Ossetian goods, exported to Russia, will not be imposed to Russian taxes, and the Russian goods, imported into South Ossetia, will not be taxed. But it does not cover all the commodities. There are products that will be taxed - sugar, wine, beer, mineral water, etc. Goods, imported from Russia to South Ossetia, are not manufactured in our Republic, so the Russian commodity producers will not meet any competition in our Republic.

South Ossetia and Russia signed an intergovernmental agreement "On the mode of goods trade." The document was signed in the course of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Commission on socio-economic cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Republic of South Ossetia, being held in Moscow.

The fifth session of the Intergovernmental Commission on socio-economic cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Republic of South Ossetia has started in Moscow.

February 29 the Central Election Committee of South Ossetia has completed registration of presidential candidates. As the CEC Chairman Bella Plieva reported at the briefing held today in Tskhinval, only four candidates had been registered: former head of the KGB of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov, Human Rights Ombudsman David Sanakoev, Ambassador of South Ossetia in the Russian Federation Dmitry Medoev and leader of the Communist Party of South Ossetia, Stanislav Kochiev. "Those presidential aspirants, who were not registered for various reasons, have the right to appeal against the CEC decision. If the Supreme Court revokes our decision, we`ll have to include the person in the list of the candidates-explained Plieva.

Information note of the Central Election Committee of the Republic of South Ossetia

Today, February 29, 2012, the Central Election Committee of the Republic of South Ossetia has completed registration of the candidates for president of South Ossetia.
In the course of its work the CEC examined documents of 20 action groups and two political parties, nominated their candidates for the presidency.

Today, February 29, the Central Election Committee of South Ossetia has completed the registration of candidates for the presidency of the Republic. It has been reported to IA "Res" by the CEC of the Republic. "We have examined documents of 20 action groups and two political parties, nominated their candidates for the presidency. Four of them have been registered as the presidential candidates.

The Central Election Committee registered the South Ossetian leader of the Communist Party Stanislav Kochiev as a candidate for president of South Ossetia. As IA "Res" was informed by the CEC of South Ossetia, "at the today`s meeting, the CEC made a decision to register Stanislav Kochiev as the fourth candidate for the presidency of the Republic". At the meeting it has also been made a decision to refuse the registration of the chief bailiff Sergei Bitiev and the State Security Service officer Sergei Pliev as the presidential candidates.

A presidential candidate of South Ossetia, the leader of the Communist Party of South Ossetia Stanislav Kochiev has passed today an exam in the state languages proficiency, required for registration of a candidate for the presidency. As IA "Res" was informed at the CEC of South Ossetia, Kochiev had got through the exam successfully and members of the linguistic commission made a decision to give him a pass.

The Central Election Committee of South Ossetia has registered the third candidate for president of South Ossetia-Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of South Ossetia to Russia Dmitry Medoev. As reported to IA "Res" by the CEC secretary Irina Gassieva, "today the CEC meeting has been held in Tskhinval, where the documents of the presidential aspirants were considered. "So the CEC made a decision to register Dmitry Medoev as the third candidate for the presidency of the Republic," - said Gassieva. Following the results of verification of the documents, the CEC refused the registration of entrepreneur Rustem Dzhioev and the CEO of insurance company "Yugosetsotsstrakh" Felix Bitiev.