Eduard Kokoity

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Crisis deepens in South Ossetia as MPs threaten to shut down parliament

by OC Media

•5 min read

The political crisis in South Ossetia sparked by the death in custody of a local man has deepened, with MPs threatening to paralyse parliament. On Tuesday, 17 out of 34 MPs said they would ‘prevent parliament from operating’ unless President Anatoly Bibilov fires South Ossetia’s Chief Prosecutor and launch an investigation into him and the recently dismissed Interior Minister. On Saturday, 25 MPs appealed to Bibilov to sack Chief Prosecutor Uruzmag Dzhagaiyev over the death in police custody

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Ruling party loses majority in South Ossetian parliament

by OC Media

•9 min read

The ruling United Ossetia Party has lost their majority in South Ossetia’s parliament, winning just 14 of 34 seats. Official results were published on Wednesday evening with 100% of votes counted. The party of President Anatoly Bibilov, who formally resigned as party leader on being elected to office in 2017, still came out on top in 9 June’s vote. Ninety-eight candidates, 60 party-nominated and 38 independents, competed in Sunday’s vote for 17 single-mandate seats, with United Osseti

2017 South Ossetian Presidential Elections

Protests erupt in South Ossetia as ex-president is refused registration as presidential candidate

by OC Media

•2 min read

Supporters of the former president of the de facto Republic of South Ossetia, Eduard Kokoyty, are protesting demanding the resignation of the incumbent president, Leonid Tibilov, after Kokoyty was refused registration as a presidential candidate. On 4 March, the Central Election Commission (CEC) refused to register Kokoyty, who was president from 2001–2011, for the upcoming presidential elections on 9 April. In response, Kokoyty’s supporters marched on the Supreme Court of South Ossetia in