The People of South Ossetia for Peace (Ossetian: Цӕгат райгуырынц Хуссар Ирыстон; Georgian: სამხრეთ ოსეთის ხალხი მშვიდობისთვის, romanized: samkhret osetis khalkhi mshvidobistvis) movement was the opposition party and political movement in South Ossetia which was formed by the ethnic Ossetians[citation needed] who had been formerly members of the secessionist government in Tskhinvali and outspoken critics of de facto separatist regime in Tskhinvali, headed at that time by Eduard Kokoity.
The organization was officially founded on October 24, 2006 by Dmitri Sanakoev, Maia Chigoeva-Tsaboshvili (head of the Tbilisi-based non-governmental organization Iber-Ironi Georgian-Ossetian Union), Giogi Chigoev, Teimuraz Jeragoev, Jemal Karkusov (former Interior Minister in the secessionist government), Vladimir Sanakoev and Uruzmag Karkusov.
[1] The main aim of the organization was to put an end to Kokoity regime in Tskhinvali which maintains its pro-Russian and separatist stance.
The Inauguration of Sanakoev as alternative President of South Ossetia took place on December 1, 2006, in the village of Kurta, a few kilometres north-east of Tskhinvali.
[citation needed] Officially, the Government of Georgia does not recognize either authority, but has expressed the desire to cooperate with Sanakoev's administration regarding the future of the region.