Archive - 9/2019

Artists of South Ossetia are invited to participate in celebrations dedicated to the 26th anniversary of the Victory in the Patriotic War of the people of Abkhazia 1992-1993, the Chairman of the Union of Artists of the Republic Tamerlan Tskhovrebov told the news agency “Res”.

According to him, about 40 works by South Ossetian artists will be presented at the exhibition in Abkhazia, during the celebration of Independence Day (Liberation Day) of the Republic.

“The exhibition of works by Ossetian artists and craftsmen will take place in the Central Exhibition Hall,” he said.

The Georgian side, despite the military-political defeat in August 2008, did not abandon its intentions to establish its control over the territory of South Ossetia, an analysis of the secret information available to the KGB of South Ossetia testifies to this fact.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia made a statement in connection with the situation on the borders of the Republic and the reaction of Georgia.
The statement says that, observing the current unstable situation in the neighboring state, it becomes obvious that the Georgian leadership is tempted to try achieving domestic political goals by maintaining constant tension by organizing new provocations in the region.

"Apparently, the lessons of 2008 began to be forgotten by new generations of the Georgian rulers," the Foreign Ministry emphasized.

President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov met with Russian Ambassador to South Ossetia Marat Kulakhmetov, the presidential press service reports.

The head of state congratulated the Ambassador on the 11th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation, and also addressed words of sincere gratitude to the leadership of Russia for their careful attitude to South Ossetia.

The State Duma is counting on cooperation with Georgia in considering the appeal of the South Ossetian Parliament on the genocide of Ossetians by Tbilisi, said the State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin.

"We hope that Georgia, for its part, will help and build communications in considering this issue. The accusations are very serious, they should certainly be based on reasoning, objective events, we will study all this," Volodin told Russian journalists on Monday.

The issue of opening Syrian embassies in Tskhinval is on the agenda in Damascus, Foreign Minister Dmitry Medoev said at a press conference in Tskhinval.

Syria recognized South Ossetia on May 29, 2018. Immediately after the recognition of South Ossetia by Syria, President of the Republic Anatoly Bibilov paid a visit to the SAR, documents were signed that laid the foundation for bilateral relations, and this process is ongoing.

The Foreign Minister has remined that the other day the South Ossetian delegation has returned from Damascus, where it took part in a serious event.

Ambassador of the Republic of South Ossetia to the Russian Federation Znaur Gassiev took part in the events dedicated to the beginning of the blockade of Leningrad.

September 8, 1941 the city was subjected to the first massive bombing, on the same day it was taken into the ring.

According to the Embassy press service, on behalf of the people of South Ossetia, as part of the mourning ceremony, Znaur Gassiev laid a wreath at the Piskaryovski Memorial Cemetery at the Mother -Motherland Monument.

Last week, South Ossetia, as well as around the world, celebrated the International Day of the Missing. Over the entire period of permanent aggression of Georgia in South Ossetia, 137 people are listed to be missing. Diplomats, public organizations, the Ombudsman, and members of the mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross are engaged in their search.

Unfortunately, people disappear not only during the war. A resident of Tskhinval Vladimir Pukhaev applied to the editorial office of the “Res” agency. Six years ago, his son, Nikolai, born in 1969, went missing.

It is proposed to cancel the temporary periodic customs declaration when exporting oil products from Russia to South Ossetia. The Cabinet of Ministers of the Russian Federation proposed to ratify the protocol on amendments to the agreement between the governments of Russia and South Ossetia on the regime of trade in goods, according to the official website of the “Parliamentary newspaper”.

The State Security Committee of the Republic of South Ossetia informs that currently the situation on the section of the South Ossetian-Georgian state border in the area of ​​the settlement of Vista is stable.

"The border guards of the State Security Committee are engaged in the equipment of the state border of the Republic. The Border Service personnel are provided with everything necessary," the KGB said.