June 20, in South Ossetia, according to the decree of President Anatoly Bibilov, was declared the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Genocide of the People of South Ossetia by Georgia. This date was not chosen by chance. On this day in 1920, 13 Ossetians - Communards, were shot.
Regarding the recognition of the genocide of the Ossetian people, the 100th anniversary of which is marked this year, it is necessary to use the so-called popular diplomacy, communicate with non-governmental organizations, social movements, ordinary people, regardless of the position of an individual, the historian Robert Kulumbegov believes.
The Defense Ministry off South Ossetia annually during the festive events celebrates the contribution of fighters of self-defense units to the freedom and independence of the state.
According to the press service of the Defense Department, Minister of Defense Ibrahim Gasseev awarded medals “For military valor” of the 1st and 2nd degree to war veterans.
In South Ossetia, 85 tests for coronavirus were conducted within a day, all studies showed a negative result, Anna Gagloeva, Deputy Head of the South-Ossetian Consumer Rights Protection Committee, told IA "Res» on Thursday.
"According to the data on the morning of June 18, 38 people with laboratory-confirmed coronavirus are being treated at the Tskhinval infectious diseases hospital, 81 have been ill for the entire period, of which 43 have already recovered and were discharged from the medical facility," Gagloeva clarified.
Until Georgian politicians and Georgian society as a whole give assess honestly and objectively the genocide of 1920, the events of the 90s of the last century, the shameful military aggression of 2008 and recognize their responsibility for the consequences of the aggressive policy against South Ossetia, talks about improving relationships are pointless.
This is stated in the commentary of the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia, published on the official website on Wednesday.
The South Ossetian State Security Committee has noted that the Georgian side continues to prevent the Georgian and international NGOs from obtaining objective information about the processes taking place on the South Ossetian-Georgian state border, restricting freedom of movement, and is also engaged in direct disinformation of the Georgian population, the Tbilisi leadership and its western curators. This is stated in the message of the special service on Tuesday.
In South Ossetia, four more new cases of coronavirus were laboratory-confirmed during the day, two citizens recovered and were discharged the day before, Anna Gagloeva, Deputy Head of the Committee for the Protection of Consumer Rights and Welfare, told IA “Res,” on Wednesday.
“The day before, 43 tests were conducted, four showed a positive result - these are three cadets who had previously arrived from the Russian Federation, and a serviceman, all of them were quarantined. A total of 2,037 tests were conducted over the entire period,” Gagloeva clarified.
The climbing of alpinists of South Ossetia to the Nameless Peak is the first event in a series of memorable events dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Ossetian people’s genocide, said Zhanna Zasseeva, Minister of Culture of South Ossetia.
According to her, all the climbing groups of South Ossetia expressed a desire to pass on three routes - from Dzimyr Khokh, the Kudar Gorge and the Ruck Pass, on which the people of South Ossetia were driven out in 1920.
On June 20, on the Memorial Day of the victims of the genocide of the people of South Ossetia, all state flags will be lowered in the Republic as a sign of mourning. This was reported by Minister of Culture Zhanna Zasseeva.
There are no new cases of coronavirus in South Ossetia during the day; in total, 36 people (38 a day earlier) are diagnosed with COVID-19, Anna Gagloeva, Deputy Head of the Committee for the Protection of Consumer Rights and Welfare of the population, told IA “Res” on Tuesday.
She has noted, that the day before one patient recovered from the coronavirus and was discharged from the hospital, another one was deregistered.
“Nine tests were conducted during the day, all of them are negative, in total about 2 thousand were conducted over the entire period,” Gagloeva noted.