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The talks of the RSO ex-presidential candidate of the opposition Alla Dzhioeva and her supporters with the head of the Russian Presidential Administration for Interregional and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries Sergey Vinokurov have been completed in Tskhinval. Following the consultations Alla Dzhioeva told reporters that for the first time she was satisfied with the results of the talks. "We were listening and we were heard. We hope that the next round of the talks -more dynamic and positive, -will be held tomorrow, at 16.00, "- Dzhioeva has underlined. She noted that "the negotiations had started from scratch" and that the signing of decrees on resignation of several officials by the president of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity "will have a wholesome effect on the public mood.

South Ossetian boxer Sarmat Kokoev was invited to take part in the traditional All-Russian boxing tournament held in memory of the USSR Honored Coach Boris Grekov. It has been reported to IA "Res" by his coach Robert Pliev. "The competition will be held from 19 to 24 December, 2011 in Moscow. Sportsmen, born in 1996-1997, will contest in the competition.

The Supreme Court of South Ossetia has confirmed the decision, made on November, 29, according to which the presidential election being held on November, 27 is recognized void. The court has passed such judgement after the today`s morning session where the appeal of supporters of the ex-presidential candidate of the RSO Alla Dzhioeva was being considered; they have been demanding recognition of the election results.

Supporters of the ex-presidential candidate of South Ossetia Alla Dzhioeva, holding a meeting in the square, have appealed to the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin; they addressed to the top leadership of the Russian Federation to draw attention to the actions of representatives of Moscow which, according to authors of the appeal, «are supporting illegal actions of the authorities of the Republic» and do not want «to hear and see the truth of events». «Support of illegal actions of the authorities of the Republic, which have openly ignored the Constitution of the country and lost the people's trust, causes bewilderment and gives a handle for revenge to different international forces, that is neither in the interests of Russia, no in the interests of South Ossetia», - the appeal contains.

The Supreme Court of South Ossetia has handed over the notification message about the date of the session, where the appeal of supporters of the ex-presidential candidate of the RSO Alla Dzhioeva against the judgment of the Supreme Court on recognition of presidential elections of South Ossetia on November, 27 invalid, will be considered. It has been reported to IA "RES" by the Chief Justice Atsamaz Bichenov. As he has said, consideration of the appeal will take place tomorrow at 9.00; then he Supreme Court will announce its judgment. It should be reminded that the situation in South Ossetia has become aggravated after cancellation by the Supreme Court of the results of presidential elections, which, according to the latest published information of the Central Electoral Committee, have been won by the oppositional candidate Dzhioeva.

Representatives of staff of the ex-presidential candidate of South Ossetia Alla Dzhioeva have fixed the day of her inauguration on December, 10 despite the judgement of the Supreme Court to cancel the ballot. "People of South Ossetia voted for Alla Dzhioeva. We cannot be deprived of our victory and we have decided to fix the inauguration day for December 10 at 14:00 "- the representative of the staff has announced, addressing to the protesters in the central square of the capital. At the same time, he did not specify the date of inauguration.

The next round of consultations between supporters of ex-presidential candidate of South Ossetia Alla Dzhioeva and representative of the Russian presidential administration Sergei Vinokurov has been completed in Tskhinval. As reported to IA "Res" by the opposition participant of the negotiations Alan Pliev, the dialogue did not yield any tangible results; the adherents of Dzhioeva are going to wait the judgement of the Supreme Court and continue to protest at the Theater Square "to the bitter end." "Consultations will be continued tomorrow," – Pliev has noted. In turn, the Kremlin administration spokesman Sergei Vinokurov has declined to assess the effect of the dialogue, telling the journalists that he is only the moderator "between the so-called opposition and the South Ossetian authorities." Earlier it has been reported. that due to illness, the opposition leader Alla Dzhioeva did not participate in negotiations with Vinokurov. Instead of her, Anatoly Barankevich, Alan Pliev, Dzhemal Dzhigkaev and Sergey Zasseev are speaking for the opposition.

In the centre of Tskhinval the protest action of supporters of the ex-presidential candidate of South Ossetia Alla Dzhioeva is still in progress. About 150 oppositionists are still holding a meeting in the central square. They made fires, put tents and declared that they would stand until the authorities have fulfilled their requirements.

Tomorrow supporters of the ex-presidential candidate of South Ossetia Alla Dzhioeva will continue negotiations with the authorities of the RSO through intermediary of Russia. It has been declared by one of Alla Dzhioeva supporters - Alan Pliev- at the meeting in Tskhinval. He has noticed that negotiations in the republican government were going on during the day.

Voting in South Ossetia has been held as much democratically as possible. It was declared by a member of the international organization on supervision over elections CIS EMO Stavros Vitalis at the briefing in the Central Electoral Committee Information Centre. As he said, during the monitoring of presidential election in South Ossetia group CIS EMO has found out some new details in the electoral process. «I am a member of democratic movement in Greece which represents direct democracy. But here, in South Ossetia, our group visited several polling stations and has been amazed to see, how much democratically the voting process is being held».