Archive - 8/2022

The border service of the KGB of South Ossetia, in cooperation with the FSB of Russia, stopped the attempt to transfer a narcotic drug to the territory of the Republic. The press service of the KGB reported this on its Facebook page.

"On December 10, 2021, a citizen of Georgia Chkhikvadze Mamuka Nugzarovich, born in 1981, was detained for violating the state border of the Republic of South Ossetia, during a personal search, a narcotic drug "marijuana" weighing more than four grams was found.

The serviceman of the 4th military base of the Russian Federation stationed in South Ossetia, military doctor Vladimir Kuleba was awarded the Order of Courage by the decree of the President of Russia. He was seriously wounded in combat during the special operation. A high award was presented to him for his dedication, courage and bravery shown in saving people.

Vladimir Kuleba graduated from the Tskhinval School No. 3, studied at the Tskhinval Medical School.

From 2006 to 2008 he was serving in the Peacekeeping Forces in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia sent a note with words of solidarity and support to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia in connection with the Day of Remembrance of the Defenders of the Fatherland, the press service of the Foreign Ministry reported.

The team of the Defense Ministry of South Ossetia won the first race of the "Tank Biathlon" of the International Army Games-2022. According to the press service of the defense department, the crew reached the finish line in 33:06, having hit 4 targets out of 5.

The crew commander is Colonel Taimuraz Gubaev, the gunner-operator is Senior Lieutenant Andrei Sabanov, the driver-mechanic is Captain Soltan Kulukhov," the department clarified.

They noted that the second place in this race was taken by the team of Iran, the second - by Mali, the third - by Zimbabwe.

The events of the military-technical Forum "Army-2022" with a demonstration of modern weapons of the Southern Military District will be held at the Russian military base in South Ossetia, the press service of the Southern Military District reports.

"In total, on the territory of the Southern Military District, the Forum will be held at 16 sites of the Patriot military-patriotic parks of 9 regions of the Russian Federation on the territory of the Southern Military District and Russian military bases in Armenia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia," the press service said.

The war of August 2008 found Elbrus Kochiev at the outpost of the OMON of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of South Ossetia. He, along with his colleagues, was waiting for an order, which still did not come. Instead, there was a war. Elbrus remembered those few days from August 8 to 12 for the rest of his life, as he himself told IA “Res”.

At that time, Kochiev was working in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in the Department for the Protection of Public Order. He was the Deputy Head of the Department.

The day before, a charity concert was held in the Chermen Concert Hall in Tskhinval in support of the participants in the Russian special military operation in Ukraine.

Professor of the Alexandra Tibilov South Ossetian State University, Head of the Department of Biology, Head of the Laboratory of Biomedical Research of the University Teimuraz Kokoev received an invitation to two international conferences, which will be held simultaneously in Taiwan from October 28 to November 1 this year.

This was reported to “Res” by the professor himself.

Today, relatives of the missing persons and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), together with the authorities of the Republic, began installing anonymous boxes in border villages, as well as in districts of the Republic, so that people who have useful information regarding the fate or whereabouts of the missing persons can share it, said the Presidential  Commissioner for Human Rights of the Republic of South Ossetia, Inal Tasoev.

A charity concert in support of participants in Russia's special military operation in Ukraine will be held in South Ossetia on Wednesday, the initiator of the concert, a singer Albert Laliev, told IA “Res ".