Today at 9 a.m. was carried out an attempt to murder a prominent defender of the Independence of South Ossetia Balla Bestauty. The explosives was fixed on a tree next to his house and exploded when the streets were already full of people.

The FSB Russia center on social ties informed that according to the information that was received on 12th July via telephone, in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict is being prepared a large-scale provocation, during which it is planned to kill few tens of peaceful residents of Georgian ethnicity and accuse in the murder the Russian peace keepers.

Today near village Avnevi during shooting a programme on the 14th anniversary since the introduction of the joint peace keeping forces into the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone, the Georgian police tried to block movement of the a group of Russian journalists that were escorted by Russian peace keeping battalion.

On 11 July the officers of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of South Ossetia stopped a vehicle that belonged to the OSCE Mission in Tskhinval. Further to that the acting chairman of the OSCE Karel De Gyukht demanded an explanation from the leadership of South Ossetia. The correspondent of “Res” agency approached Boris Chochiev, First deputy Prime Minister, to comment the situation:

Today the officers of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of South Ossetia near village Zar stopped a vehicle that belongs to the OSCE Office in Tskhinval.

Earlier the Ministry of Interior of Georgia announced that all the people that crowded at the check point Upper Lars will be allowed to enter Georgia till 14 July through South Ossetia. After 14 July those that are going to Georgia will not to take the same root.
The correspondent of the informational agency “Res” approached Boris Chochiev, First Deputy Prime Minister, JCC Co-Chairman for the South Ossetian side.

The Ossetian side made an announcement in respect of the illegal road blockage by the Georgian forces. The announcement particularly says that if by 10 a.m. on July 11, 2006 the part of the TransCaucasian highway Tamarasheni-Kekhvi is not opened for free movement, the Ossetian side will take adequate measures.

The President of the Republic of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity sent telegrams to Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation and A. Tishanin

Grigory Marakutsa, Representative of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Pridnestrovie on Interparlimentary Ties, called Mr. Alan Pliev, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of RSO. During the telephone conversation he expressed his condolences to the family and relatives of Oleg Alborov, Secretary of Security Council, killed in the terrorist act.

The regular meeting of the Joint Control Commission on the resolution of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict (JCC) should have taken place on 11-12 July. At the request the Georgian side the meeting has been postponed.