Мария Котаева

Citizens of South Ossetia, sentenced in 2005 by the Georgian court to life imprisonment on trumped-up charges, have stopped the hunger strike, which lasted since January 26. The action stopped after the Georgian authorities promised to consider the demand of the prisoners to review their criminal cases in the Georgian parliament.
As reported to IA "Res" by the wife of one of the prisoner George Valiev - Marina, "the prisoners, exhausted by the hunger strike, are gradually given light food."

The actions of the Georgian authorities, who, according to the media reports, December 28 intend to resume the Ergneti market, are aimed at the aggravation of the situation in the border area, told the news agency "Res" the RSO Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev.

Entrepreneurs of South Ossetia met with the businessmen from Iran, arrived in the capital of the Republic. According to the Chairman of the public organization "Union of Entrepreneurs of South Ossetia" Marina Dzigoeva, during the meeting the entrepreneurs discussed areas of cooperation.

South Ossetia has marked the 25th anniversary of the beginning of the national liberation movement for freedom and independence. November 23, 1989 at the entrance to Tskhinval gathered people's volunteer corps against Georgian nationalists led by Zviad Gamsakhurdia. The entire male population blocked the way to the Georgian armed groups. A small group of ordinary guys of Tskhinval, unarmed, holding hands, blocked the entry to the buses driving from Tbilisi to Tskhinval.

In order to create a unified procedure for crossing the state border of the Russian Federation, as well as better control over migration processes on the entry and exit the territory of Russia, the Russian law on dual citizenship has been amended and supplemented.

23 years have passed since the Eredvi tragedy. March 18, 1991 in the village of Eredvi, Tskhinval district of South Ossetia took place one of the most horrible tragedies in the history of the Ossetian people - Georgian fascists soldered alive in iron pipes 12 Ossetians and then buried them.

At the state border of South Ossetia near the Georgian village of Atotsi took place a rally against the engineering construction on the frontier. About five hundred radical young people with national flags of Georgia and Ukraine came up to the border area, chanting: "Russia is invader ", "Russians are fascists," etc.

After the Georgian aggression in August 2008, the National Bank of South Ossetia established special account to assist the citizens of the Republic affected by the fighting. Chairman of the Supervisory Board under the President of South Ossetia for targeted expenditure of the funds of the special account, State Councilor to the President Rodion Siukaev in an interview with the news agency "Res" has told about how the funds of the special account are used and what category of citizens of the Republic is to have been rendered financial assistance

In South Ossetia continues the work on engineering development of the state border with Georgia. On the progress of work, the purpose of the security barrier on the border, as well as the challenges of working in its arrangement in the interview with IA «RES» told first Deputy Chairman of the KGB of South Ossetia, the head of the Border Service of the KGB of South Ossetia, Major General Sergey Kolbin.

- Mr. Kolbin, please, tell us, what principles do you adhere to define the frontier?