Archive - 5/2021

On Sunday, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to South Ossetia Marat Kulakhmetov congratulated Maya Kharebova, editor-in-chief of the IA «Res":, on her birthday.

“Your long-term professional activity, aimed at the development of national journalism, improvement of print and electronic media, has earned the respect of colleagues and recognition of the South Ossetian audience,” the message says.

A mortar shell found on Sunday in the village of Ioncha, Znaur district, was defused on the spot.

As told to IA "Res" in the duty unit of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of South Ossetia, the ammunition turned out to be rusty, and therefore could explode in the event of its removal.

"It was a 32 mm shell from a foreign-made mortar. Since it turned out to be rusty, the sappers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations neutralized it on the spot, " the duty unit said.

The South Ossetian delegation led by Speaker of the Republic’s Parliament, Alan Tadtaev, completed its visit to the Syrian Arab Republic on Friday, the press service of the Parliament told the Res news agency.

A delegation from South Ossetia arrived on an official visit to Damascus on May 24, where it took part in the presidential elections on May 26 as international observers.

The date of May 29 in the recent history of South Ossetia was marked by a number of fateful events. In May 1992, the Act of Declaration of Independence of the Republic of South Ossetia was adopted. And 26 years later, the independence of the State of Alania was recognized by another country - the Syrian Arab Republic.

President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov sent a message of gratitude to President of the Syrian Arab Republic Bashar al-Assad in connection with the 3rd anniversary of the recognition of the independence of the Republic by Syria, the press service of the head of state reported.

The Independence Act adopted on May 29, 1992 by the deputies of the first convocation of the Supreme Soviet of our country was an important step on the thorny path of legal registration of the statehood of South Ossetia, proclaiming the creation of an independent state, declaring its territory indivisible, where only the Constitution and laws of the Republic of South Ossetia are in force. Thus, a new state appeared on the world space.

On Saturday, President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov addressed fellow citizens, defenders of the Fatherland, veterans of the national liberation movement on the occasion of the celebration of the next anniversary of the Day of the Adoption of the Act of Declaration of Independence of the Republic.

On Saturday, 60 seedlings of coniferous trees were planted in the Valery Khubulov Park in Tskhinval, which laid the foundation for the South Ossetian-Syrian Friendship Alley.

The planting of seedlings was attended by officials of the Republic led by Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmitry Medoev, a delegation of the parliamentary center "Integrated Security of the Fatherland" and the Russian Club of Holders of State Awards of the Republic of South Ossetia, headed by People's Artist of Russia and South Ossetia A.V. Pankratov-Cherny, pupils of the Tskhinval school # 6.

Official Tbilisi continues to take actions leading to an increase in the military threat in the region, the KGB of South Ossetia reported.

“So, on May 28, around 20:00, in the vicinity of the settlement of Grom of Tskhinval district a group of unidentified citizens of Georgia violated the state border and committed vandal actions against the infrastructure of the RSO KGB Border Service - damage was caused to the observation post,” the press service said.

May 1992 became the starting point for the creation of a number of ministries and agencies of the Republic of South Ossetia, the structure of the government of the Republic as a whole. On May 28, 1992, several key departments were created, including the Ministry of Foreign Relations (now the Ministry of Foreign Affairs), the State Security Committee, and the Ministry of Information, Press and Publishing (now the Information and Press Committee).