The 27 round of discussions on security in Transcaucasia is under way in Geneva. According to the Presidential Envoy of South Ossetia for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev in his telephone conversation with the news agency "Res", the main issue of the agenda, is still the issue of security of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
Protests actions arranged by the authorities of Georgia near the border with South Ossetia, may lead to destabilization, said after the meeting of the mechanisms for preventing and responding to incidents (MPRI) Deputy Presidential Envoy of the RSO for post-conflict settlement Khokh Gagloyty.
According to him, his position on this issue the South Ossetian side has brought to the other participants, including the European observers.
The Border Guard Service of the State Security Committee of South Ossetia is drafting a bill, in which will be defined measures of responsibility for violation of the state border, said the head of the KGB Border Service of the RSO Sergei Kolbin.
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.
Today's speech of Vladimir Putin left no doubt in the correctness of the choice of Russia, the only right and comprehensively verified decision of the Russian leadership. This was stated by the President of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov, commenting on the speech of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin in St. George's Hall in the Kremlin, where the Russian President addressed to the legislative branch of the country to support the bill on the accession of the Crimea and Sevastopol to the Russian Federation.
Today, March 13, in the office of the political party "Unity" was held the enlarged meeting of the political council with the participation of MPs and party activists.
At the meeting was agreed the date of holding the congress, where will be approved the list of candidates to the Parliament of the Republic of South Ossetia.
A famous Ossetian opera singer, Honored Artist of South and North Ossetia Amaga Gotti (Irina Gotoeva) is invited as jury chairman of the II international festival-contest of Russian artists "Russian Song", which will be held in Alanya (Turkey), 16-19 May 2014.
As Amaga Gotti told IA "Res", an invitation from the organizers of the festival she received for the second time.
"For the first time, I also participated in this contest as jury chairman in March, 2013. Then my candidacy to the Director of the Russian Cultural Center in Alanya Katherine Gunduz was proposed by the "Agency of cultural and business communications," with which I have been working closely, "- she said.
This year, the singer plans to attract to the participation in the festival the young people of Ossetia
"If the Republican leadership and, in particular the Ministry of Culture, provide me support, it can be done," - said Gotti.
The contest is open to representatives of all countries and peoples, who must sing in Russian. Their skills may present soloists, duets and ensembles in three nominations - "Young talents" for children up to 17 years old, "Vocalists amateurs " - for children over 17 years old and "artists - professionals" for artists - professionals over the age of 17 years old, performing various styles of music. In the first two nominations will perform artists without vocational education in the following styles of music - jazz-vocal, folk vocal and academic vocal.
The main goals and objectives of the festival - to promote the popularization of Russian musical culture abroad, to support creative initiatives of Russians living abroad, as well as foreign nationals engaged in studying the Russian language and culture, and others.
The results will be declared at the awards ceremony during the gala concert.
The festival organizer is the Association of Russian Culture and Education in Alanya headed by Catherine Gundyuz, with the support of the Russian Embassy in Ankara, the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Antalya, the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States "Rossotrudnichestvo," Coordination Council of Russian Compatriots in Turkey, Governorship and Administration of Alanya.
Amaga Gotti is a winner of the international competitions in Italy and Milan. It should also be noted that outstanding performing skills earned Amaga Gotti a great deal of respect not only in Ossetia, but also abroad. She performs not only on the stages of the famous concert halls of different countries, but she is also actively engaged in popularization of high art.
In Tskhinval is under way a meeting of the OSCE, the UN, the EU and the South Ossetian co-chairs of the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia. As noted at the beginning of the meeting the head of the South Ossetian delegation at the Geneva talks, Presidential Envoy to the RSO for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev "in view of the lengthy process of discussions in Geneva, their importance, however, is not reduced."
South Ossetia is monitoring with anxiety the developments in Ukraine, where as a result of a coup d'état, Kiev and many cities in Western Ukraine are seized by the armed radical extremists whose actions are becoming more ambitious and aggressive, stated Acting Foreign Minister of South Ossetia David Sanakoev.
Statement of the political party "Justice Labor Development" on the international reaction to the concern of Russia about the situation in Ukraine
February 1, 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin, in accordance with the Constitution of the Russian Federation, made an appeal to the Federation Council of the Russian Federation "On the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine to normalize the political situation in this country. The Federation Council, in accordance with its rules has unanimously approved this decision.