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The South Ossetian delegation led by Prime Minister Eric Pukhaev will take part in the International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg (SPIEF), which will be held June 6-8, 2019, according to the press service of the government of South Ossetia.

According to the head of government, SPIEF is of great interest for South Ossetia in many areas, such as business development, tourism, ways to stimulate economic growth, waste management and much more.

Ambassador of South Ossetia in Russia, Znaur Gassiev, thanked the Governor of the Voronezh Region Alexander Gusev on behalf of President Anatoly Bibilov for paying special attention to the people of the Republic, in particular, for the assistance rendered in 2008.

According to the press service of the Embassy in the Russian Federation, the visit to the Voronezh region of the Ambassador of South Ossetia Znaur Gassiev s continuing.

We want to show constancy of implementation of the Investment Program with efficiency on all 100 %

The implementation of the Investment Program to Promote Socio- Economic Development of the Republic for 2019 and the preparation of the Investment Program for 2020-2022 were discussed on Thursday by President Anatoly Bibilov with the Deputy Minister of the Russian Federation for North Caucasus Affairs Igor Koshin, who arrived in South Ossetia on a working visit, the press service of the head of state reports.

The head of state, Anatoly Bibilov, has visited the Zar height, where the sappers of the Center “Leader” of the EMERCOM of Russia are working to clear the area from explosive objects. The squad leader, Alexei Zavatsky, informed the President about the results of the work.

“The squad continues to work on clearing the area. At the moment, we have cleared 7.05 hectares of land, found 74 GP. We work with the observance of safety precautions, the personnel are healthy, the equipment is also operational,” Zavatsky noted during the report.

Armwrestler of South Ossetia Soslan Gassiev became the silver medalist of the European Championship, which was held in the city of Loutraki (Greece).

As the coach of the athlete Valery Dzhioev noted, Gassiev had 12 bouts in the championship.

“He won an athlete from Georgia for reaching the semifinal, and won the European champion of last year David Daviktyan in a stubborn and very strong fight for reaching the final. In the final, he unfortunately lost the victory to his opponent,” the coach said.

On the meeting of the Secretary of State - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Grigory Karasin with Ambassador of South Ossetia to the Russian Federation Znaur Gassiev

State Secretary - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Grigory Karasin received on Tuesday the Ambassador of the Republic of South Ossetia in Russia Znaur Gassiev.

The South Ossetian national team will take part in the European Championship, - said Sergei Zasseev, chairman of the Committee on Youth Policy, Sports and Tourism, at a press conference. A press conference for South Ossetian journalists was devoted to this sports forum, and the head coach of the RSO national team Soslan Kochiev also answered questions from the media.

The European Championship is organized by the Confederation of Independent Football Associations (ConIFA). It will be held in Nagorno-Karabakh from June 1 to 10.

The next round of the Geneva talks is scheduled for July.

State Secretary - Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Grigory Karasin discussed on the phone with the UN representative, the Сo-chairman of the Geneva discussions on security and stability in Transcaucasia, Ms. Dzhihan Sultanoglu, the preparation of a new round of negotiations, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

The parties exchanged views on the preparation of a new round of international discussions in Geneva.

Prosecutor General of South Ossetia, Uruzmag Dzhagaev, announced the decision of the Prosecutor General’s Office to retrain the crime committed on May 20, 1992 from “murder” to “genocide”.

"Genocide is a crime that is not subject to statute of limitations. We will prosecute the people involved in this tragedy, until the last, until they suffer proper punishment," said Dzhagaev.

In the near future, the politician intends to visit South Ossetia.

Gunnar Lindemann, a German deputy to the Berlin regional parliament, who represents the party "Alternative for Germany", believes that if Kosovo has the right to separate from Serbia - South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Donetsk, and others should have the same right.