Archive - 2021

President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov has met with the representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on missing persons in the Caucasus Daniel McSweeney, the press service of the head of state reports.

The head of state has noted that he highly appreciates the work of the ICRC in the search for missing persons, but at the same time expressed regret that there was no effective progress.

At the Z. Vaneev South Ossetian Research Institute suggest that the remains found on Monday near the village of Kheit in Tskhinval district, date back to the 14-15th centuries AD.

“Unfortunately, there were no accompanying materials with the remains, such as ceramics, so that we could tell exactly what period they belong to. In the burial, several individuals were found in stone boxes. Such stone boxes were placed at burials in the Middle Ages, so we assume that the remains date back to the 14-15th centuries, "Director of the Research Institute Robert Gagloev told IA " Res ".

Good conditions have been created for further development of trade and economic ties between South Ossetia and Russia, said Taimuraz Goginov, trade representative of South Ossetia in Moscow.

He reminded that a whole package of interstate agreements and other normative documents had been signed, aimed at fruitful cooperation between the two countries.

On Monday The KGB said that the Georgian authorities continued to urge residents of the Republic to illegally cross the state border

The State Security Committee of the Republic of South Ossetia continues to receive information about the epidemiological situation in Georgia, beating its own anti-records for the number of COVID-19 infected.

Ossetian judoka Inal Tasoev won the European Championship in the heavyweight class, over 100 kg, held in Lisbon.

As reported by "Soviet Sport", Inal got a very difficult opponent in the final: two-time bronze medalist of the Olympic Games, three-time silver medalist of the world championships, two-time European champion Henk Grohl.

President Anatoly Bibilov congratulated Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on the Independence Day of the Syrian Arab Republic, the press service of the head of state reported.

The congratulatory message, in particular, reads:

“On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Independence Day of the Syrian Arab Republic, on behalf of the people of the Republic of South Ossetia and on my own behalf, I send you and your people heartfelt congratulations and best wishes.

On April 16, within the framework of the project "Exchange cultural events of Russia and South Ossetia", the M. Gorky State Republican Russian Drama Theater (Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan) hosted a performance of the B. A. Galaev State Song and Dance Group of the Republic of South Ossetia "Simd" with a large-scale concert program "Dances of the peoples of the Caucasus". This is reported by the official website of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.

Servicemen of the Defense Ministry of South Ossetia - cadets of the General V. Margelov Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School took part in the international stage of the "Sayan March-2021", ski mountaineering competition, held within the framework of ARMI-2021. This was reported on the official website of the Defense Ministry.

Ambassador of the Republic of South Ossetia Znaur Gassiev and Rector of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia Oleg Yastrebov discussed prospects of interaction in the field of education and science in the areas of mutual interest.

Almost every day, sappers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of South Ossetia go to the places of detection of various ammunition, which local residents or border guards find in different regions of the Republic. So, on Friday, sappers left for a call to the Forestry area of ​​Tskhinval.