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A ceremonial meeting devoted to the third anniversary of entering the Russian FSS Border Control Agency into the territory of the Republic of South Ossetia has been held in Tskhinval. The meeting was attended by President of the RSO Leonid Tibilov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in the Republic of South Ossetia Elbrus Kargiev, a commander of the 4th Russian military base Alexander Shushukin, Minister of Defense of South Ossetia Valery Yakhnovets, the management and employees of the FSS Border Control Agency of Russia in South Ossetia, the Russian border guards` families. According to the head of the FSS Border Control Agency of Russia in South Ossetia, Colonel Valery Reznichenko, three years the Russian border guards have been patrolling the border of South Ossetia with Georgia in accordance with an agreement between Russia and South Ossetia on joint efforts to protect the state border of South Ossetia, which was signed April 30, 2009.

International observers have the opportunity to carry out their functions in the second round of presidential re-elections of South Ossetia. This has been announced today at a briefing in the CEC informational center by the Foreign Minister of South Ossetia Murat Dzhioev.
"Today is a significant day for the Republic - 11 years ago, April 8, 2001 in South Ossetia by holding a referendum was adopted the Constitution of the Republic of South Ossetia - said Dzhioev. - And today, in accordance with this Constitution and the electoral legislation, the second ballot of the presidential elections is being held in the Republic. "

The validity of the term "occupied territories" with regard to South Ossetia will be discussed at the Geneva talks on June7-8. This has been announced today at a briefing in Tskhinval by the head of the South Ossetian delegation at the Geneva discussions, the Plenipotentiary of the President of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement Boris Chochiev.

The international organization "Federation of Peace and Harmony" will inform the Council of Europe on the elections in South Ossetia. This was declared by a member of a group of international observers, representing the Russian public organizations, Gennady Mikhailov at a press conference of the CEC Information Centre. "We intend to bring information about the elections in South Ossetia to the Council of Europe, which is represented by my organization - said Mikhailov. - Despite the fact that the Council of Europe has its own sources of information and Europe has not recognized South Ossetia, however, there is a group that works for the collection of information, where we present the material after its observation and inform the Council of Europe as we see it. And I am sure that this time we will bring them to the true information on transparency, democracy and legitimacy of the today's elections".

The delegation of the Ministry of Culture of South Ossetia will take part in the third International Festival "Pyatigorsk is lighting the stars," which will be held in Pyatigorsk March 24-25. As IA "Res" has been reported by the press service of the Ministry of Culture of South Ossetia, "the delegation will include representatives of the Ministry of Culture of South Ossetia and the South Ossetian singer, the international competitions laureate, Nina Gatikoeva". They noted that the South Ossetian side had received the invitation to the festival from the Stavropol region creative public organization "Word Art Music».

A round table has been held in Tskhinval, where it was discussed the idea of creating a new political party named "For civic dignity." The organizer of the round table was "Association of the South Ossetian Women for Democracy and Human Rights." According to the president of the "Association of the South Ossetian Women for Democracy and Human Rights" Lira Tskhovrebova, one of the objectives of the new party will be promoting development of the civil society. "Thanks to the activities of our association, we were able to give analytical material to position of women in society, to the state of civil society, and now thanks to creation of a new party, we will be able to improve the situation in these areas," - said Tskhovrebova.

Presidential candidate Dmitry Medoev suggested the famous European scientist and public figure Giulietto Chiesa to represent the interests of South Ossetia in Europe. This has been reported to IA "Res" at the headquarters of the candidate. This proposal was declared by the candidate at the meeting with his supporters, which was also attended by Giulietto Chiesa.

Vice-Speaker of the Parliament of South Ossetia Yuri Dzitstsoity has been refused the registration as a candidate for President of the Republic. This has been reported to IA "Res" by the CEC secretary Irina Gassieva. She noted that this decision was made on the basis of detection of numerous violations in the subscription lists, submitted to the CEC by the action group nominating Yuri Dzitstsoity as the candidate for president of South Ossetia. "Subscription lists were filled in incorrectly, and did not meet the requirements of the election law," - said Gassieva.

The Consular Section of the Russian Embassy in South Ossetia is preparing for organization the presidential elections of the Russian Federation in the territory of South Ossetia. As reported to IA "Res" by Consul of the RF Embassy Tamerlan Zasseev, the day of the presidential elections in Russia, on March 4, 2012, 12 polling stations will be opened for the Russian citizens in South Ossetia.

A meeting of the action group, nominating Human Rights Ombudsman under the President of South Ossetia David Sanakoev for the presidency of the Republic of South Ossetia, has been held today in Tskhinval. The meeting was attended by members of the public, as well as representatives of the Central Election Committee of South Ossetia. After unanimous vote of members of the action group for nominating Sanakoev as the president of the Republic, he thanked all those present for their support. "Today, we have to live in difficult conditions. And I'm well aware of responsibility and the burden that falls on the shoulders of such high-ranking official - as head of state - Sanakoev has noted. - In my election program, I `ll introduce people to my thoughts and vision for the future of our country, and if they like them, then, I'm sure, people will say their word."