Archive - 6/2024

A participant in the special military operation, Azamat Kochiev, was awarded the state medal “Defender of the Fatherland” in Tskhinval. The award was presented to the fighter on behalf of President of the Republic by the head of the Defense Ministry Inal Sabanov, the press service of the department reports.

As noted by the Defense Ministry, the fighter from South Ossetia was presented a high award for courage and bravery shown in the performance of military duty during the special military operation.

The delegation of the Parliament of South Ossetia will take part in the International Parliamentary Forum of the CIS “Pushkin Readings”, which will be held in the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, the press service of the Republic’s legislative body reports.

As noted by the press service, the delegation has included Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Policy and Inter-parliamentary Relations Zaza Driaev, Chairman of the Committee on Budget and Taxes Elena Dzhioeva and Secretary of the Commission on Inter-parliamentary Cooperation Zurab Kabisov.

South Ossetia took part in the II International Forum of Ministers of Education “Shaping the Future” in Kazan.

According to the press service of Ministry of Education of the Republic of South Ossetia, the event brought together representatives from more than 40 countries.

“At the plenary session, First Deputy Minister of Education and Science of South Ossetia Alexander Galavanov made a report, noting that this forum is a unique platform for discussing key issues related to the development of the education sector,” the statement of the press service reads.

Today, the International Committee of the Red Cross, together with the Commissioner for Human Rights, together with the Association of Families of the Missing Persons, organized a trip for 15 children from the families of the missing persons to a private hippodrome in the village of Satskhenet. This is reported by the ICRC press service.

“This is the third such trip,” Lidiya Kudzieva, head of the Association, said. "Both children and adults really like this kind of pastime together."

Athletes from South Ossetia are taking part in the Brix Games in Kazan.

According to the press service of the Committee on Youth Policy and Sports, Alexander Bazzaev represented the republic in gymnastics competitions.

“Our athletes will compete in 5 type of sport. The delegation of 34 people is headed by Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Youth Policy and Sports Soslan Gassiev,” the press service has noted.

The event is taking place from 11 to 24 June.

In May, 22 violators of the state border were detained in South Ossetia, of which five people were violators of the state border regime, 17 - of the border regime, the KGB of the Republic reports.

The department has stated that the border service of the State Security Committee conducted investigations into each fact of violation of legal regimes.

Russia Day is a young holiday, but it has absorbed more than 1,200 years of continuous history of the country. These are several hundred generations of destinies, victories, accomplishments, defeats, this is a big, vast history, the head of the Russian Embassy in South Ossetia noted at the gala reception on the occasion of Russia Day, Marat Kulakhmetov, the head of the diplomatic department.

The EU Co-Chair Toivo Klaar, during a briefing following the meeting in Tskhinval, expressed hope for effective discussion in Geneva and a meaningful discussion of all agenda items.

Despite the high assessment of international observers on the level of organization of the voting process in the parliamentary elections in South Ossetia, a number of countries, in their traditional manner, spoke out about supporting the so-called territorial integrity of Georgia and non-recognition of the elections.

The South Ossetian Foreign Ministry considered this position to be completely untrue.

Negotiations within the framework of the Geneva discussions

After Georgia’s attack on South Ossetia in 2008 and forcing the aggressor to peace, the efforts of the South Ossetian party were aimed at ensuring security and stability in the Republic. This was stated by the head of the South Ossetian delegation, State Advisor to the President Konstantin Kochiev at the meeting of the co-chairs of the Geneva discussions in Tskhinval.

The co-chairs of the Geneva discussions arrived in the Republic on Tuesday.