On Thursday, President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov presented state awards to the combatants who had defended the integrity and territorial independence of the Republic from 1989 to 2008.
According to the press service of the head of state, the award ceremony was timed to coincide with the Day of Courage and National Unity.
On Thursday, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) donated additional equipment to the South-Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee to support the work of the PCR laboratory.
Marina Tedety, a public relations specialist of the organization, told the “Res” news agency, that the cargo, formed at the request of the Sanitary and Epidemiological Service of South Ossetia, included air recirculating irradiators, test tube racks and uninterruptible power supplies.
The State Security Committee of South Ossetia noted the increased incidence of intentional violations by Georgian citizens of the legal regimes operating on the state border.