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The presidential elections in South Ossetia were held in accordance with the country's Constitution, no one questions them, Vice Speaker of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation Konstantin Kosachev told reporters.

"There is no doubt that the elections were held in accordance with the Constitution, the current legislation. And if I'm not mistaken, at this stage no one questions the current voting procedure - preparation for the elections, their organization," Kosachev said.

Citizens of South Ossetia are facing a difficult choice, as two worthy candidates entered the second round of the presidential elections - the incumbent head of the Republic, Anatoly Bibilov, and the leader of the Nykhas political party, Alan Gagloev.

This opinion was expressed on Monday by the first Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots Viktor Vodolatsky.

The incumbent President of South Ossetia, Anatoly Bibilov, after processing 95% of the protocols, is inferior to the leader of the Nykhas party, Alan Gagloev, who won 10,705 votes (36.9%), according to the first official results of the CEC of the Republic, presented at the press center of the CEC on Monday morning.

The Austrian observer Patrick Poppel will tell Europe that South Ossetia is a country with all the institutions of statehood. He told reporters about this.

“I see that the state is indeed functioning normally, like the countries of Europe, Russia, etc. It is very important for Westerners and other countries that South Ossetia is a normal state, that the state structure and the electoral process work well here. It is very important for me that I know this, and I will be talking about it in Europe,” said Poppel.

No one doubts the legitimacy of the presidential elections in South Ossetia, we see with our own eyes how the process is going, - Leonel Enrique Parica, an observer from Venezuela, deputy head of the National Electoral Council of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, told reporters.

All 76 polling stations for the presidential elections in South Ossetia closed at 20.00, Kristina Avlokhova, secretary of the Republic's CEC, told the “Res” news agency.

On April 10, the current head of state Anatoly Bibilov, Deputy Speaker of Parliament Alexander Pliev, leader of the Nykhas political party Alan Gagloev, deputy Garry Muldarov and former deputy Dmitry Tasoev are competing for the highest state post of the republic on April 10.

"All polling stations have been closed and counting votes has started," Avlokhova said.

President Anatoly Bibilov has met with the delegation of the Donetsk People's Republic, which arrived in the Republic of South Ossetia as international observers for the presidential election, the press service of the government reported.

The delegation has includesd deputies of the People's Council of the DPR Sergey Prokopenko, Viktor Ishchenko and Vasily Pertsev.

The meeting was also attended by the Chairman of the RSO Parliament Alan Tadtaev.

Observers from Russia have no comments on the presidential elections in South Ossetia, said Vladimir Plyakin, member of the Russian delegation of observers, еру State Duma deputy.

"We were somewhere in five polling stations. Everything was quite quiet and calm at the five polling stations, that is, there are no any comments from our side," Plyakin told reporters.

According to him, everything is well organized, everywhere the ballot boxes are sealed, everything is done according to the rules.

Observers from the Luhansk People's Republic noted a high voter turnout. The head of the delegation, deputy of the People's Council of the LPR, Denis Kolesnikov, noted the high level of democracy in the elections.

“Today we visited the polling stations, saw how the elections are being held, saw the mood of the people, that is, I can say that democratic processes are going on at the highest level,” Kolesnikov said.

President Anatoly Bibilov has received a delegation from the Republic of Abkhazia, which arrived in South Ossetia as international observers for the presidential elections in South Ossetia, the press service of the head of state reported.

The delegation has included representatives of the deputy corps, the Public Chamber and the RA CEC.

The RA Ambassador to South Ossetia Alan Elbakiev also took part in the meeting.