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Trade turnover between Russia and South Ossetia in the first half of this year increased by 70%. This was stated on Monday by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, opening talks with South Ossetian Foreign Minister Dmitry Medoev.

"I would like to note that our trade turnover is growing. For the first half of the year, by almost 70%. There are chances by the end of the year to reach indicators that will significantly exceed the dock-like ones (in 2019, the Russian-South Ossetian trade turnover amounted to 78.793 million dollars - approx. TASS)", - he said.

On December 20, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet with the Foreign Ministers of South Ossetia and Abkhazia Dmitry Medoev and Inal Ardzinba. This is stated in the message of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic issued on Sunday.

"On December 20, are scheduled the meetings of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. V. Lavrov with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia D. N. Medoev and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia I. B. Ardzinba," the ministry stated.

At the A.A. Tibilov South Ossetian State University,with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic, the event dedicated to the memory of Vladimir Zakharov, a well-known scientist-historian, professor, a member of the Union of Writers of Russia, an expert in the field of geopolitics of the Caucasus, a senior researcher at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the press service of the university reported.

Russian compatriots from South Ossetia took part in the International Forum of Russian Compatriots Living Abroad “New Realities - New Opportunities”. The Forum was held in the capital of Belarus - Minsk, as well as Gomel from December 10 to 16 and brought together about a hundred participants from the post-Soviet countries: Moldova, Belarus, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Ukraine, Turkmenistan, Abkhazia, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.

In Moscow, a protocol was signed on amending the agreement between the Ministry of Finance of South Ossetia and the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia on the procedure for providing financial assistance for socio-economic development of South Ossetia dated May 7, 2020 and a protocol on amending the agreement between the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of South Ossetia and the RF Ministry of Socio- Economic Development on the procedure for providing financial assistance to South Ossetia in order to implement budgetary investments and support investment activities dated May 7, 202

On Thursday, President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov presented state awards to the combatants who had defended the integrity and territorial independence of the Republic from 1989 to 2008.

According to the press service of the head of state, the award ceremony was timed to coincide with the Day of Courage and National Unity.

On Thursday, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) donated additional equipment to the South-Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee to support the work of the PCR laboratory.

Marina Tedety, a public relations specialist of the organization, told the “Res” news agency, that the cargo, formed at the request of the Sanitary and Epidemiological Service of South Ossetia, included air recirculating irradiators, test tube racks and uninterruptible power supplies.

The State Security Committee of South Ossetia noted the increased incidence of intentional violations by Georgian citizens of the legal regimes operating on the state border.

A working meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia and the Donetsk People's Republic Dmitry Medoev and Natalia Nikonorova on the issue of opening diplomatic missions took place in Donetsk, the press service of the Government of the Republic of South Ossetia reported.

"During the meeting, the parties touched upon the topics of further cooperation between the states, effective interdepartmental interaction in general," the press service said.

During his working visit to Donetsk, Prime Minister of South Ossetia Gennady Bekoev met with the Chairman of the DPR government Alexander Ananchenko. According to the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers, the parties exchanged views on economic issues, intergovernmental interaction, cultural exchange and other topical issues.

Commenting on the results of the meeting, Gennady Bekoev has noted that the two republics have many points of contact, including the development of trade and economic relations.