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South Ossetian teacher of Russian language and literature Alla Muldarova has become a prize winner of the international contest "The best teacher of Russian literature abroad," held in Moscow on November 15 - 19. As Alla Muldarova said in her interview with the news agency "Res" the competition was held by Rossotrudnichestvo within the framework of the federal target program "Russian Language" for 2011 - 2015.

Development of small and medium-sized business in South Ossetia is the primary task, the decision of which is linked to the development of the economy as a whole, said IA "Res" the head of the Department of small and medium entrepreneurship of the Ministry of Economic Development of South Ossetia Pavel Kumaritov.

The South Ossetian authorities handed over to the Georgian side a citizen of Georgia Temur Gagloev, previously convicted for violation of the state border.
As the news agency "Res" has been reported at the press service of the KGB of South Ossetia, Gagloev was handed over to the authorities of Georgia on November 15 in the border village of Ergneti in the course of the meeting in the format of MPRI.
"In May 2013 Gagloev was detained for illegal crossing of the state border of South Ossetia in Znaur district of South Ossetia. During the detention Gagloev explained that he asked for political asylum. He was granted a residence permit and refugee status," - said the KGB press -service official.
After six months of stay on the territory of South Ossetia, Gagloev within a group of offenders was again detained at attempt of illegal crossing the state border with Georgia.
For the second attempt of crossing the border Gagloev was deprived the status of refugee and sentenced to one year conditionally for illegal crossing of the state border.
Two months later it was decided to deport Gagloev to Georgia.
The press service of the RSO KGB noted that Gagloev - born in the Ochamchire district of Abkhazia, - lived on the territory of Georgia in the town of Gori.

South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov held a meeting with the heads of law enforcement agencies. At the beginning of the meeting Leonid Tibilov has congratulated the participants on the holiday of Dzheorguyba (St. George's Day), noting that this day is one of the major national holidays for Ossetian people.
The meeting discussed the current situation in the Tskhinval penal colony from where on November 16 had escaped the felon. Leonid Tibilov has noted that one of the basic versions of the incident is that the criminal has accomplices among the employees of the penal colony.
The Minister of Justice of the Republic Murat Vaneev has assured that the officers on duty, whose criminal negligence led to the escape, will be severely punished and they will bear criminal responsibility.
According to the Minister, the Prosecutor General of the Republic began criminal proceedings, and the Interior Ministry is engaged in search actions on capturing the escapee. The Minister reiterated that all those responsible would be punished.
Interior Minister Akhsar Lavoev has reported that all the units of the Ministry have been mobilized and are currently ongoing the search actions to capture the felon.
During the meeting, Prosecutor General Merab Chigoev reported on the results of his working visit to the Russian Federation. According to him, after a meeting with the leadership of the RF General Prosecutor's Office has been signed a program for cooperation between the agencies for 2014-2015.
At the meeting was also discussed the investigation of criminal cases sent to the Russian Federation. In particular, Merab Chigoev noted that some of the persons involved in criminal cases in South Ossetia and declared wanted, Prosecutor General's Office had repeatedly announced wanted in the territory of Russia. Among them are the former Chairman of the National Bank Oleg Dzantuev and the Chairman of the Commercial Bank "Bon -Bank" Vladislav Kokoev, indicted in September.
"We are talking about 150 million rubles, which Dzantuev illegally transferred to "Bon –Bank," then the money disappeared," - said the Prosecutor General.
During the meeting, Leonid Tibilov drew attention to another problem - the problem with wrong parking.
The head of state has stressed that one can often observe how motorists park their cars at their homes, shops, institutions, penetrating into the sidewalks.
"Paving is not intended for driving. Passers-by, bypassing the obstruction, are often forced to go out into the street,"- said the president.
The head of state ordered the Interior Ministry to provide assistance to the town hall in solving this issue.

November 8 - 15 the Border Service of KGB of South Ossetia was considering the cases against six people, four of whom were detained for violation of the border regime in the frontier zone of the state border and two persons -for violation of the state border regime.
As IA "Res" has been informed at the press service of the KGB of the Republic, "there are five citizens of South Ossetia and one citizen of Georgia among the detainees."
The cases of five citizens of South Ossetia will soon be considered in court.
"A citizen of Georgia, a resident of the village of Takhtidziri, Kareli district Gabuev Dmitry is currently under investigation ", -said the press –service official.
He has added that the detained citizens of Georgia Giorgi Dedanashvili and Alexander Elizarov, subjected to administrative penalty, were fined 2000 rubles. Now the question of their expulsion from the territory of South Ossetia is under consideration.

November 15, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia David Sanakoev received the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross in South Ossetia Valentina Kim.
At the meeting were discussed issues relating to the activities of the Red Cross on the territory of South Ossetia in recent months. In particular, was raised the issue of the previous day's tripartite meetings to search for the missing persons. The sides exchanged views on a number of issues of
mutual interest.

South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov took part in the grand meeting dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the international public union "The Supreme Council of Ossetians", which was held in North Ossetia, said IA "Res" the press secretary of the President Ghana Yanovskaya.

The South Ossetian government discussed the issues of the districts gasification. As reported by the press service of the President and the government of South Ossetia, the meeting was chaired by the Prime Minister Rostislav Khugaev. The discussion was also attended by First Deputy Prime Minister Domenty Kulumbegov, Deputy Prime Minister Guram Melkoev, Minister of Construction Edward Dzagoev, Minister of Economic Development Zalina Khugati, as well as heads of the districts.
Prime Rostislav Khugaev noted the need for speedy completion of the general scheme of gas supply in order to include the design estimates order for the construction of gas distribution networks in the investment program to promote socio- economic development of South Ossetia for 2014.
Deputy General Director of LLC "Gazprom South Ossetia" Vadim Shadyan told the meeting about the performance of the contract for the development of the general scheme. According to him, the company "Gazprom promgaz" by the end of this year has committed to complete the development of the scheme, which is necessary for further work on the construction documents.
The meeting discussed a list of the settlements to be gasified.
Minister of Construction Dzagoev suggested bringing the gas main to district centers and villages, located near the main lines.

South Ossetian and Abkhazian representatives in Geneva convincingly substantiated the need to arrange their borders. In the absence of legal guarantees of non-use of force by Georgia it is vital for the security of their peoples and states, said the State Secretary - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Grigory Karasin in an interview with "ITAR -TASS".

Interview of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia David Sanakoev with IA "Res"

- What are today`s priorities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs?

First of all, the main priority in our foreign policy is to ensure worthy place for the Republic of South Ossetia in the international community. Success in foreign policy is inextricably linked to the dynamic development of the state, so we must apply all efforts to make the image of the Republic of South Ossetia maximally attractive to a broader development of relations with all countries of the world.