Archive - 28/2/2008

Moscow paid attention to free interpretation of the results of V.V. Putin and M.N. Saakashvili recent meeting expressed in late utterances of Georgian officials. Particularly they pointed to some agreement of controlling jointly the checkpoints at Abkhazian and South Ossetian border sectors i.e. at Psou and Roki Tunnel. They mention allegedly received by Georgian side assurances that Russia “will never recognize” Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

An act of terrorism has happened in the Republic of South Ossetia. As Minister of Internal Affairs of RSO Mikhail Mindzaev informed IA “Res” correspondent “approximately at 15 : 25 at RSO MIA checkpoint in Kokhat village fired an explosive device hidden in a TV set. It was left at the checkpoint by some by passers admittedly Georgians by nationality. There are casualties in the result of explosion. Their number is not exact”. Kokhat village is one of the most distant Ossetian villages of Tskhinval district of RSO.