The day of silence has come in South Ossetia on the eve of the presidential elections
The ban on pre-election campaigning ahead of the April 10 presidential election came into force in South Ossetia on Saturday.
The ban on pre-election campaigning ahead of the April 10 presidential election came into force in South Ossetia on Saturday.
More than 60 international observers representing Russia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East, etc. will be following the voting process in South Ossetia in the Republic's presidential elections on Sunday, Kristina Avlokhova, Secretary of the Central Election Commission of South Ossetia, told reporters.
"We have more than 60 people registered, some international observers have already arrived," the CEC Secretary said.
Election of the President of South Ossetia - 2022
The campaign for holding a referendum on the accession of the Republic of South Ossetia to the Russian Federation began in Tskhinval. In addition to the campaign materials of presidential candidates, new billboards have appeared on the central streets: "For Ossetia! For Russia! For unification!", flags of South Ossetia and Russia are hung.
Russian senators will take part in monitoring the presidential elections in South Ossetia scheduled for April 10. This was reported on Thursday by the press service of the Federation Council.
"In the period from April 8 to 11, senators of the Russian Federation will be taking part in monitoring the presidential elections in the Republic of South Ossetia. The delegation will be headed by Sergei Tsekov, a member of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs," the report says.
A press conference was held in the capital of the Republic with the participation of the head of the Committee for Information and Press of South Ossetia, Maria Kotaeva, dedicated to the election campaign and its coverage in the media.
According to Kotaeva, there is great interest in the presidential elections in South Ossetia.
Members of the Russian Central Election Commission Anton Lopatin and Konstantin Mazurevsky will take part in the international observation of the presidential elections in South Ossetia next Sunday. This was reported by the press service of the CEC of the Russian Federation on Thursday.
"The CEC of Russia will take part in the international observation of the presidential elections in South Ossetia. Anton Lopatin and Konstantin Mazurevsky will represent the Commission," the statement says.
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The International Information Center of the Central Election Commission of South Ossetia will begin its work on Sunday, April 10, Igor Chochiev, a member of the Central Election Commission of the Republic, told journalists.
"The press center will be opened on the day of the elections of the President of the Republic, where all information about the voting process both at the polling stations on the territory of the Republic and beyond its borders will be flowing," Chochiev said.
Foreign observers are expected to arrive in South Ossetia to monitor the presidential elections on April 10, Foreign Minister Dmitry Medoev told the IA “Res”.
"In addition to a solid delegation from Russia, the fraternal republics of Donbass, delegations from Abkhazia, Austria, Venezuela, Germany, Nagorno-Karabakh, Nicaragua, Turkey, Finland and other countries with which we have good relations will arrive to observe the elections," the Minister has noted.
Medoev has stressed the importance of the presence of the election observers.
More than 40 international observers will be monitoring the upcoming presidential elections in South Ossetia, which are scheduled for April 10. This was reported to the “Res” news agency by the CEC Secretary Kristina Avlokhova.
According to her, South Ossetia is waiting for the arrival of delegations from Abkhazia, the Lugansk People's Republic and the Russian Federation, including representatives of North Ossetia.