Archive - 10/2019

The first International Diplomatic Forum Charles Readings was held in Antalya, Turkey, as part of the II International Festival of Russian-Turkish Friendship "Sources", with the support of the Andrei Karlov Foundation and the Moscow International School, the 15th Region reports.

The event was dedicated to the memory of the Russian diplomat, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Turkey, Hero of Russia A.G. Karlov, who was killed in 2016.

A photo-documentary exhibition dedicated to the 90th birthday of a prominent statesman of the Russian Federation Yevgeny Primakov opened in the capital of South Ossetia. The exposition was prepared by the Russian Embassy in South Ossetia.

The event was attended by President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic Marat Kulakhmetov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic Dmitry Medoev and others.

During his speech, Marat Kulakhmetov spoke about the life and work of the politician and public figure Yevgeny Primakov.

The 21st World Congress of the Russian Press is being held in Turkey. The event opened in the Turkish capital Ankara and will end on October 27 in Alanya. The congress is organized by the World Association of Russian Press (WARP) with the assistance of the TASS news agency in Russia.

At the same time, currently the congress is being held with the active participation of the World Council of Turkish Journalists and the Association of Russian Culture and Education of Alanya.

Soslan Pliev, Director of the Center for Socio-Political Studies of South Ossetian State University, is taking part in the Dialogue for the Future-2019. The Synthesis of Public Diplomacy and Modern Technologies as a New Trend in International Relations”, which is underway in Moscow from October 21 to 27.

As reported to IA "Res" by Soslan Pliev, the forum is large-scale, attended by representatives of Austria, Bulgaria, Afghanistan, Germany, Latvia, Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Azerbaijan, Armenia and other countries.

On Friday, several regional media reported that the next rival to Russian boxer Murat Gassiev would be American Joey Daveiko.

The information was given to the “15th Region” by the trainer of ex-world champion Vitaly Slanov. “This is false data. There will be no battle with Daveiko,” the coach assured.

Vitaliy Slanov hasnoted that the debut match of the Ossetian athlete in heavyweight will not take place on December 21, as the media write, but on the 20th.

The Governor of St. Petersburg, Alexander Beglov, was awarded the Order of Friendship of the Republic of South Ossetia. According to the presidential press service, the award was presented to the Governor by the President of the Republic, Anatoly Bibilov, at the Hermitage Theater as part of the Ossetian Culture Day.

“This award is not for me, but for residents of St. Petersburg. It is a manifestation of friendship, good neighborliness and respect for our city and its inhabitants,” said Alexander Beglov.

Anatoly Bibilov awarded Alexander Beglov and Mikhail Piotrovsky with Orders of Friendship.

President of South Ossetia, Anatoly Bibilov, at a meeting with the Director General of the State Hermitage Mikhail Piotrovsky thanked the leadership of St. Petersburg and the Hermitage for the events held to mark the 270th anniversary of the First Ossetian Embassy in Russia, for organizing the Days of Ossetian Culture in the Hermitage, the presidential press service reports.

The sixth technical meeting of representatives of South Ossetia and Georgia in the format of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms (IPRM) has been completed, the parties did not come to a compromise on the situation on the state border on the removal of the illegal Georgian roadblock near the village of Uista (Tsnelis) in Znaur district of South Ossetia, told reporters, the head of the South Ossetian delegation, Yegor Kochiev.

Seminar on the topic “Coverage of Humanitarian Activities. The experience of the International Committee of the Red Cross” was held in Tskhinval with the participation of representatives of the media, the Republic’s foreign policy department and students of the South Ossetian State University.

South Ossetia insists on the removal of the Georgian police post illegally put up in South Ossetia. As the head of the South Ossetian delegation, Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative for post-conflict settlement, Yegor Kochiev, told reporters, at the sixth technical meeting in Ergneti on Friday in the format of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms (IPRM), each party had their own opinion, but there was an understanding, that this incident should be resolved "by purely peaceful means."