In early February 2015 the Georgian media sources published that in one of the Georgian jails a group of prisoners had gone on hunger strike.
The information that citizens of the Republic of South Ossetia Giorgi Valiev, George Zaseev and Joseph Kochiev, illegally detained by law enforcement agencies of Georgia in 2005 and convicted on trumped-up charges to life imprisonment by the Georgian authorities, January 26 went on hunger strike, has caused great concern in South Ossetia.
Taking into account that the multi-day hunger strike, the fourth in recent years, can seriously affect their health, the Office of the Plenipotentiary Presidential Envoy of the RSO for post-conflict settlement appealed to the EU Observer Mission in Georgia and the International Committee of the Red Cross with a request to inquire into the state of health of these citizens, and to inform the South Ossetian side.
South Ossetian party has constantly raised the question of the release of Valiev, Zasseev and Kochiev at the Geneva discussions, the MPRI meetings and other international forums with the participation of representatives of South Ossetia and Georgia.
South Ossetian side has repeatedly proposed to release the prisoners on a reciprocal basis, but there is not yet any understanding by the Georgian side in this humane gesture.
The development of the draft Treaty of alliance and integration between the Republic of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation has reached the final stage. The document has already been agreed with the South Ossetian ministries and agencies, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent it to the Russian Foreign Ministry for a similar procedure in the Russian Federation.
South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov thanked the members of the Political Council for unanimity and responsible approach in drafting the Treaty of Alliance and integration between South Ossetia and Russia.
"It was a serious and hard work. Thank you for a responsible approach and unanimity. Both the political council and the working group were actively working on the proposals received from the public, political parties, individual citizens", - said the president today at a meeting of the political council.
According to the president, this work resulted in the South Ossetian draft Treaty which was then sent for approval to Moscow.
«Freedom house» during the preparation of their reports are based on subjective measures that distort the real situation in different countries, told the news agency "Res" Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia David Sanakoev.
The draft Treaty of alliance and integration between the Russian Federation and the Republic of South Ossetia meets all the requirements of the legislation and the Constitution of the Republic of South Ossetia, stated the President of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov at the session of the Government of the Republic.
Leonid Tibilov has said that within two days the joint working group from South Ossetia and the Russian Federation was working on the draft Treaty of alliance and integration between the two states. According to the President, the proposals of the working groups have been included in the draft treaty.
"January 28 the draft treaty, submitted by the Russian side, was finalized by the working groups of the parties and initialed. Today, in the framework of the existing procedures, we have got conclusions of a number of ministries and agencies for compliance of the draft treaty with the legislation of the RSO. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia is instructed to send the draft Treaty to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation to be coordinated, including within the framework of a bilateral format of the parties, "- said the head of state.
Leonid Tibilov has also noted that tomorrow he will meet with all the officials and media representatives of South Ossetia; will be given the detailed information on the treaty.
"We have to explain to our people, what the draft Treaty of alliance and integration between South Ossetia and Russia is. I want to assure the citizens that the treaty complies with the interests of our people. All the ministries and agencies will not be dissolved, as some have tried to misinform the public. The draft Treaty aims to improve the living standards of our people and, more importantly, it will ensure the safety of our population ", - said the head of state.
January 28 took place a meeting of the Presidium of the Parliament of South Ossetia, which discussed the draft Treaty of alliance and integration between the Russian Federation and the Republic of South Ossetia.
To eliminate the different interpretations of the preliminary draft Treaty on the alliance and integration, a press Secretary of the President of South Ossetia Ghana Yanovskaya has spread the following information:
The military-political situation developing in the world in general and in the Caucasus region in particular strongly requires the coordination of manpower and resources to create a single defense contour.
To achieve this goal it is necessary to establish the legal basis of the conditions and mechanisms for achieving this target.
The basic document in this regard will be the Treaty of alliance and integration between South Ossetia and Russia.
Public attention to the relevant for South Ossetia document is high, that has led to the unnecessary politicization of this question. It is unacceptable to use the most important for the people of South Ossetia treaty for personal and partisan interests. But, unfortunately, many of the leaders of the South Ossetian parties use this question for personal purposes, being able to play on the emotions and sentiments of citizens of the Republic that cause a stir in public opinion with a view to making a split in our society, and even to destabilize the socio-political situation in the country.
In this regard, many citizens of the Republic wonder what the Treaty on alliance and the integration is.
According to the decision of the Political Council under the President of the Republic of South Ossetia January 21, 2015, as a basis for further discussion was adopted a preliminary draft Treaty on alliance and integration between South Ossetia and Russia, developed by the Russian side, taking into account the proposals of the South Ossetian side.
The consolidated draft Treaty of the working group of the Political Council, but not a project of individual citizens, as some are trying to present it - is the result of nearly six weeks of the work of the Political Council and the working group, which has included practically all the political forces and members of the public, legislative and executive authorities.
The work on the project began with the fact that the President of the Republic of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov December 15, 2014, proposed to members of the council, the executive authorities, the Parliament of the Republic of South Ossetia, members of the public and citizens to submit their proposals to the Political Council under the President of the Republic of South Ossetia concerning the vision of the future draft treaty.
Within two weeks the Administration of the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, the Working Group received numerous suggestions which have been compiled in one form or another are reflected in the consolidated project. This project was sent to the Russian side, which has prepared the draft Treaty on alliance and integration between South Ossetia and Russia, taking into account the proposals of the South Ossetian side, which will be discussed by the bilateral working group and there are no other versions for the future Treaty between the two countries.
The Political Council under the President of South Ossetia could not consider all suggestions, including the so-called versions of this Agreement.
At the present time, as previously reported, is being established a joint working group of South Ossetia and Russia, which will start discussing the preliminary draft Treaty between the Republic of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation on alliance and integration. The work on the project will take into account the suggestions of relevant ministries and agencies.
The leadership of the state informs the citizens of the Republic of South Ossetia, that it will bring the work on the document to its logical conclusion, based on two main principles: its integration orientation and compliance with the interests of both countries.
On the border of South Ossetia with Georgia in the village of Ergneti was held a regular meeting of the Mechanisms for Prevention and Response to Incidents. As told reporters after the meeting the head of the South Ossetian delegation, Deputy Plenipotentiary Presidential Envoy of the RSO on post-conflict settlement Khokh Gagloyty, at the beginning of the meeting the new head of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia Kestutis Jankauskas was introduced to the participants.
"During the meeting was discussed the situation at the state border of the Republic of South Ossetia and Georgia - said Gagloyty. – The participants have agreed that the situation is stable and a number of detainees, violations at the state border is reduced. "
According to Gagloyty, at the meeting were considered individual incidents that took place since the last meeting.
"The South Ossetian delegation informed the meeting about the damage to fences at the state border in the area of Tsnelis Koda - said Gagloyty. - Were presented materials reflecting the nature of the damage caused. Such actions were appreciated by us as provocative, and we appealed to the participants to prevent such actions in the future. "
According to Gagloyty, the Georgian side also negatively assessed such actions.
"The Georgian side has assured us that they will do everything to prevent and eliminate such actions in the future" - said Gagloyty.
He has added that during the meeting has also been raised the issue of the missing citizens of South Ossetia.
"Unfortunately, the Georgian investigative authorities have no information on this issue, there is no progress in the question to clarify the fate of our missing citizens", - concluded Gagloyty.
The fight between professional boxers, a heavyweight Murat Gassiev -"Iron" " and an American Phil Williams will be held on January 23 in Los Angeles, told the news agency "Res" a coach of the athlete, honored coach of South Ossetia and Russia Vitaly Slanov.