Archive - 1/2021

The head of the Rossotrudnichestvo office in South Ossetia, Sergei Skvortsov, and the head of the organization of Russian compatriots in the Republic, Svetlana Kotaeva, spoke at a press conference in Tskhinval about the organization's work plans for 2021.

According to Skvortsov, Rossotrudnichestvo intends to move away from the patterns of Soviet times, when "Russia's humanitarian aid to other countries was not advertised."

The daily increase in new cases of coronavirus infection in South Ossetia was 6 cases, this is the minimum since October last year, when there was an epidemiological increase in the incidence.

"Over the past 24 hours, there are 6 confirmed cases of new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in the Republic, 67 people have been tested. The total number of coronavirus cases increased to 2,746," Anna Gagloeva, Deputy head of the South Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee, told IA "Res" on Tuesday.

The escalation of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh has made security issues of particular relevance for South Ossetia. This was announced on Monday by Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic Dmitry Medoev in talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov presented South Ossetian Foreign Minister Dmitry Medoev with the Russian Foreign Ministry's badge "For Interaction" for his significant contribution to the development of relations between the Republic of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation, as well as to strengthening security and stability in Transcaucasia.

According to the press service of the Foreign Ministry of South Ossetia, the presentation took place during a meeting of the heads of the two departments at the Reception House of the Russian Foreign Ministry at Spiridonovka.

Russia and South Ossetia signed a plan of consultations between the foreign ministries of the two countries for 2021-2022. The plan of consultations was signed by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Acting Foreign Minister of South Ossetia Dmitry Medoev.

"Today we will sign a plan for inter-ministerial consultations for 2021-2022, which is aimed at further strengthening our coordination," Lavrov said before the signing ceremony.

In South Ossetia over the past weekend, 168 people have been tested for COVID-19; 35 tests showed a positive result, Anna Gagloeva, Deputy head of the South Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee, Marina Kochieva , told IA "Res" on Monday.

“35 new cases of coronavirus have been detected in the Republic over the weekend, the total number of cases reached 2,740,” Kochieva said.

According to her, during the pandemic, 15008 tests have been done in the PCR laboratory of South Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee .

Ministry of Education and Science of South Ossetia is preparing for publication a book, which will include the works prepared for the 100th anniversary of the genocide of the Ossetian people. As the Ministry of Education informed IA "Res", the editions will be published in the near future.

Sappers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of South Ossetia defused on Sunday a hand-held anti-personnel grenade discovered in the village of Khetagurovo by local residents, the emergency department's duty unit told IA "Res”

“The grenade was attached to a tree opposite the Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos in the village of Khetagurovo. There it was noticed by local residents, who turned to the Ministry of Emergency Situations,” the police station said.

A meeting of the expert council was held at the Ministry of Education of South Ossetia, during which the projects implemented within the framework of grants were heard, the press service of the Ministry told IA "Res".

"Since 2009, the Ministry of Education has been holding scientific competitions jointly with the Russian Humanitarian Scientific Foundation and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research , within the framework of which scientific projects of scientists from South Ossetia and the Russian Federation are financed," the press service said.

The decision of the Strasbourg court in the case "Georgia against Russia" provoked conflicting responses from interested parties, South Ossetian expert Yuri Vazagov told IA "Res". According to him, officials in Georgia hastened to announce a historic victory over Russia and the beginning of "a new stage in the struggle for de-occupation."