South Ossetian MPs as observers will participate in the Parliamentary elections of the Republic of Abkhazia. This has been reported to IA "Res" by the Parliament of South Ossetia.
They noted that, on the invitation of the Parliament of the Republic of Abkhazia, the delegation of parliamentarians had already left for monitoring the elections, scheduled for March 10.
The Supreme Court of South Ossetia, during the today's session, has not satisfied an appeal of Sergei Zasseev against the decision of the Central Election Committee, dated February 25, on refusing his registration as a candidate for president of South Ossetia. This has been reported to IA "Res" at the press service of the Supreme Court.
In South Ossetia the turnout in presidential elections of Russia amounted to 15,839 voters. This has been reported to IA "Res" by the Russian consul in South Ossetia Tamerlane Zasseev.
According to him, this is 2426 persons more than in the December elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation, when 13,403 residents of South Ossetia participated in the voting.
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.
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.
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 CEC of South Ossetia has registered the second candidate for president of South Ossetia – the Human Rights Ombudsman under the President of South Ossetia David Sanakoev. 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 decided to register David Sanakoev as the second candidate for the presidency of the Republic."
A presidential aspirant of South Ossetia, the former presidential representative in the RSO Parliament Tarzan Kokoity has applied to the CEC that he will not participate in the presidential campaign.
As reported to IA "Res" by the CEC Chairman Bella Plieva, "the application has been submitted to the CEC today and was acknowledged." Tarzan Kokoity himself has informed IA "Res", that he is convinced of correctness of his decision.
