According to the information of the RSO Minister of Interior press-service, today at 18:20 near the former Ergnety market, in the bordering territory between the Georgians and Ossetians, the officers of the Special Forces of the Georgian Minister of Interior smashed a taxi that was bringing Georgian passengers, after that they have severely beaten the Ossetian driver of the taxi.

Recently Georgia has been refusing suggestions of South–Ossetia to sign a memorandum that would guarantee not to renew military operations. The Georgian side also rejected development of joint programme on peaceful resolution and further discussion of thwe programme by the top leadership.

As of today more than 60% of the population of the Republic of South got national internal passports. This information was given by the Minister of Interior of the Republic of South Ossetia Mikhail Mindzaev at the RSO Government session.

The Georgian informational channels are broadcasting information about the Russian 58th army tanks that are crossing the Roki tunnel and moving on the territory of the Republic of South Ossetia.

On 28 September 2006 at 20:30 near a Georgian village Avnevi, located in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetia conflict and controlled by the Georgian side, were attacked peacekeepers of the Joint Forces in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict.

On 28 September, around 20:30, near a Georgian village Avnevi, seven unknown people in masks and black uniform of the Special Forces of the Georgian Ministry of Defense, armed with automatic weapons fired white vehicle “Niva” that belonged to the North Ossetian peacekeeping battalion of the JPKF.

Militarization of Georgia is going on with an unprecedented pace for such a small country. The President Michael Saakashvili repeatedly stated that army is his favorite. Why astronomic amounts of money are spent to procure arms when the economic situation of the country is far from being successful? Considering recent declarations of Georgia to settle the territorial disputes by peaceful means, which external enemy the Georgian leadership is afraid of?

Further to the sudden accusations by the Georgian leadership in criminogenic situation all over the Republic of South Ossetia and hysteria exacerbated by the Georgian mass media, the correspondent of “Res” agency approached the Minister of Interior press-service for comments.

Correspondet of “Res” agency asked First Deputy Chairman of the RSO Government, Co-chairman for the South Ossetian side of the JCC, Mr. Boris Chochiev to comment on the EU delegation visit to South Ossetia:

Republic of South Ossetia was visited by the European Union Special Representative in South Caucasus, Peter Semnebi. He was accompanied by: Robert Liden, Adviser for the European Commission, Diana Yanse, Political Adviser to the Special Representative, and Izolt Figerald, Political Adviser to the Special Representative.