The South Ossetian prosecutors have summoned Dzambolat Tedeyev, Chief Coach of the Russian national free wrestling team, for questioning, Deputy Prosecutor General of South Ossetia Eldar Kokoyev said, Gazeta.ru reports.
Tedeyev refused to receive the summoning note. The coach is to be questioned over the protests at the government building on September 30, when a crowd tried to break into the Central Electoral Commission.
Tedeyev denied that 150 of his supporters were detained. Kokoyev said that the police had detained 14 people. Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev arrived to stop the protests over the refusal of the CEC to register Dzambolat Tedeyev as candidate for president, Georgia Online reports.
The minister has recently been to Vladikavkaz and Cherkessk. Media of Tskhinvali has not reported on Nurgaliyev’s arrival to Tskhinvali.
The CEC refused to register Tedeyev on Saturday due to residence qualification. The local law requires candidates to live permanently live in the country for 10 years.
The presidential polls will be held on November 13.
Tendeyev is considered one of the main opponents of Eduard Kokoity. He has conflicts with the local military support of Kokoity. Mass disorders happened in Tskhinvali on Friday.
Arsen Fadzayev, Russian MP, deputy chairman of the committee for the CIS and compatriots, Olympic champion for free wrestling twice, wants to be a mediator between Kokoity and Tedeyev. He urged them to show prudence and composure. Fadzayev was reported to leave Moscow for Vladikavkaz on Sunday and then to Tskhinvali.
