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The Caucasus or Caucasia is a region at the border of ___MASK79___ and ___MASK96___ , situated between the Black and the Caspian seas . The Unity Party ( Ossetian :  , Georgian :  , Russian :  ; officially , the South Ossetian Republican Political Party `` Unity '' ) is a major political party with a socially conservative ideology in South Ossetia , a partially recognized Caucasian republic , considered by most countries to be a part of ___MASK70___ . The Unity Party , founded in 2003 , supported former President Eduard Kokoity , and was for a decade the largest political party in South Ossetia . After the 2009 elections , the party held 17 out of 34 seats in South Ossetia ' s parliament . It is modeled after and is closely linked to the United Russia party , with which it has signed an inter - party cooperation agreement . The party is a winner of the 2004 and 2009 parliamentary elections . It is currently led by Zurab Kokoyev . ___MASK12___ (; ) is the capital of South Ossetia , a disputed region in Georgia . It has been recognised as an independent Republic by Russia and three other UN members . South Ossetia is a de facto independent state that controls its claimed territory , in part with the support of Russian troops . Despite this , it is recognised by all other UN members as part of Georgia . ___MASK88___ ( from the  Rus '), also officially known as the Russian Federation , is a country in Eurasia . At , ___MASK88___ is the largest country in the world by surface area , covering more than one - eighth of the Earth ' s inhabited land area , and the ninth most populous , with over 140 million people at the end of March 2016 . The European western part of the country is much more populated and urbanised than the eastern , about 77 % of the population live in European ___MASK88___ . ___MASK88___ ' s capital ___MASK28___ is one of the largest cities in the world , other major urban centers include Saint Petersburg , Novosibirsk , Yekaterinburg , ___MASK56___ and ___MASK14___ . The State Duma (( Gosudarstvennaya Duma ), common abbreviation :    ( Gosduma )) in the Russian Federation is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of ___MASK88___ ( legislature ), the upper house being the Federation Council of ___MASK88___ . The Duma headquarters are located in ___MASK43___ ___MASK28___ , a few steps from Manege Square . Its members are referred to as deputies . The State Duma replaced the Supreme Soviet as a result of the new constitution introduced by Boris Yeltsin in the aftermath of the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993 , and approved by the Russian public in a referendum . South Ossetia , also known as the ___MASK12___ Region , is a partially recognised state in the South Caucasus , located in the territory of the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within the former Georgian SSR . Its population of 53 , 000 lives in an area of 3 , 900 km , south of the Russian Caucasus , with 30 , 000 living in its capital city of ___MASK12___ . Eduard Dzhabeyevich Kokoity (" Kokojty Džabejy fyrt Eduard "; ___MASK55___ 31 October 1964 ) is the former President of South Ossetia . His term in office lasted just over ten years , beginning December 2001 and ending December 2011 . United ___MASK88___ is the ruling political party of the Russian Federation . United ___MASK88___ is the largest party in ___MASK88___ ; it holds 343 ( or 76 . 22 %) of the 450 seats in the State Duma .