Gotta Love Russia

Russia has recognized the annulment of South Ossetian presidential elections,
calling on all South Ossetian political powers to respect the Supreme Court’s
decision, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on its web site on Wednesday.


Russia calls for maintaining “a calm and stable situation” in South Ossetia,
the ministry said.


South Ossetia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday declared null and void the outcome of the November 27 runoff
presidential elections
because of violations. However South Ossetia’s former
education minister, Alla Dzhioyeva, who had won the runoff, declared herself
president of the breakaway republic in defiance of a court ruling.


Dzhioyeva, who was barred from running in a second election on March 25,
urged Russia to recognize the results of the elections.


After meeting with diplomats in the Russian embassy in Tskhinvali, Dzhioyeva
said that they pledged to inform Russian authorities about her demand. She did
not elaborate on the details of the talks.


Deputy Prosecutor General Eldar Kokoyev said Dzhioyeva was "realizing the
scenario of a color revolution,” referring to Ukraine’s 2004 Orange Revolution,
when pro-Western politicians ousted a Moscow-backed candidate.


Dzhioyeva denied trying to foment a Ukrainian-style revolution, telling the
Kommersant FM radio station the authorities had “nothing left to do but talk
about color revolutions.”

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