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A photo exhibition "People and fates" dedicated to the people of the North Caucasus and South Ossetia will be held In Tskhinval. As IA "Res" has been informed by the Mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) spokesperson Marina Tedety,
"the photos that will be presented at the exhibition, were made by the ICRC employee Marco Kokich. Last year he traveled to Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia, North Ossetia-Alania and South Ossetia - said Tedety. – The photos` author has met with the ICRC recipients, the people suffering from the effects of the armed conflict and other situations of violence."

The recent statements by the president of Georgia point to preparations for a new war against South Ossetia and Abkhazia. This has been said IA "Res" by a Special Representative of the Association of the cross-border cooperation in Central Asia and in the Caucasus Mikhail Chernov, commenting on Saakashvili's statements about the need for active arms production and the establishment of the reserve armed forces of Georgia.

Preparations for the inauguration ceremony of the President-elect of South Ossetia are in full swing. The meeting of the organizing committee has been held today. Under the Constitution the inauguration ceremony of the third President–elect of South Ossetia will be held on April 19. According to the preliminary data, a large number of guests are expected to arrive in South Ossetia.

South Ossetian athletes Ruslan Kumaritov, Radion Kumaritov and Arthur Doguzov became the winners of the international boxing tournament held these days in the city of Shakhty, Rostov region. As IA "Res" has been informed by the coach of the athletes Murat Kokoev, "the competition was held in several age groups. Ruslan Kumaritov performed in the weight class up to 69 kg among the athletes born 1994-1995. He fought three bouts and outpointed all of them».

Professional boxer from South Ossetia Aslanbek Kozaev won the European title in boxing in the weight class up to 66.6 kg according to WBC. As IA "Res" has been informed by the coach of the athlete Vitaly Slanov, "the fight took place in Moscow on April 8, 2012. The rival of Kozaev was the 25 year old athlete from Belarus Andrey Abramenko - a champion of the Eastern European version of the WBC. He held the top spot in the ranking of the European professional boxers.

The presidential candidate of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov, after the 100% processing of
protocols of the territorial election committees in the elections of the President of the Republic of South Ossetia has gained 54.12% of votes (15,786 people), and the ombudsman David Sanakoev -42.65% votes (12,439 people),- has been declared by the CEC Chairman Bella Plieva at the CEC Information Center.

The second round of presidential election in South Ossetia has been held in accordance with the current electoral legislation of the Republic. This has been declared by the head of the State Duma observer delegation Vladimir Ponevezhsky at the CEC Information Center.
Having visited polling stations in the city of Tskhinval and in Tskhinval district of the Republic, he noted high level of organization, openness and transparency in the work of the election committees.

After the 95.64% ballot processing in the presidential election of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov is retaining leadership; he has collected 53.74% of voters (15,257 votes). This was reported by the Chairman of the Central Election Committee of South Ossetia Bella Plieva at a briefing of the CEC Information Centre.

Polling stations in the presidential elections of South Ossetia have been closed; the voting in the Republic came to an end.
As stated by the Chairman of the Central Election Committee Bella Plieva, at 18:00 a turnout in the second round of presidential elections in South Ossetia amounted to 63.31%. Later the CEC will present the more accurate data on the turnout of voters. She has said the vote went off without significant violations, "though there were some remarks and misunderstandings at the polls, including power outages, but the CEC quickly reacted to them and they were promptly removed without affecting the course of voting."

At 18:00 a turnout in the second round of presidential elections in South Ossetia amounted to 63.31%. This was reported by the Chairman of the Central Election Committee of South Ossetia Bella Plieva at a briefing of the CEC Informational centre of South Ossetia.