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Interview of the Russian State Duma deputy, member of the party "Fair Russia", Deputy Chairman of the Committee on the CIS Affairs, Eurasian integration, South Ossetia and Abkhazia Tatiana Moskalkova.

The Parliament of South Ossetia held a meeting with the deputy to the State Duma of Russia, a Chairman of the Committee on the CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration, South Ossetia and Abkhazia Tatiana Moskalkova.
During the meeting they discussed issues of inter-parliamentary cooperation, a joint work to improve the South Ossetian legislation, as well as the issues of construction of a system of state administration.

In Istanbul (Turkey) are completed the events held in the framework of the program «Days of Ossetian culture in Europe». As the news agency " Res" has been reported by the program organizer, the head of the International non-profit association «Renaissance Sandidzan» Radion Pukhaev, in the Turkish capital were held round tables, exhibitions, book presentations, performed Ossetian musicians.
"The events took place at a very high level - said Pukhaev. - They culminated in the exhibition of the Ossetian artists "Art-Art", which has drawn a wide response. The exhibition was supposed to close on January 31, but at the request of the owners of the gallery, it was extended."
Pukhaev has noted that the program "Days of Ossetian culture in Europe" will be continued in Paris, Brussels, Rome.
"The purpose of our activities is to acquaint the world community with the Ossetian culture, school of painting and Ossetia as a whole, the establishment of closer cultural ties between Ossetia and Europe,"- said Pukhaev.
He has added that this summer in Tskhinval, Vladikavkaz, Sukhum and Moscow is planned to hold a series of exhibitions "Europe through the eyes of Ossetian artists."

The opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi in its scope and scale eclipsed all previous similar events, said the President of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov on returning to Tskhinval from Sochi, where he had participated in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.
"This is an important event not only in the sports life of Russia, it is another powerful statement of Russia and we in South Ossetia should be proud that we have such a strategic partner and ally like Russia," - said the President during a meeting with heads of security, defence and law enforcement agencies.
The Head of State has noted that the presence at such an important event as the Olympic Games in Sochi is the evidence that the coordination between the Republic of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation continues to strengthen.
"The Olympic Games in the life of the Russian state has shown that Russia is moving forward, strengthening its position. Together with its ally is also building and strengthening its statehood South Ossetia", - said the head of state, adding that "everyone should feel a party to this process."
The President has noted that the scope and scale of the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi has eclipsed all previous similar events. He has also wished success to the national team of Russia.
"The first medals have already been won. I think that Russian athletes will gain a lead at the Olympics,"- said the President.

In South Ossetia continues the work on engineering development of the state border with Georgia. On the progress of work, the purpose of the security barrier on the border, as well as the challenges of working in its arrangement in the interview with IA «RES» told first Deputy Chairman of the KGB of South Ossetia, the head of the Border Service of the KGB of South Ossetia, Major General Sergey Kolbin.

- Mr. Kolbin, please, tell us, what principles do you adhere to define the frontier?

Border Service of the State Security Committee (KGB) of South Ossetia for the nine-year period has done much to improve the protection of the state border of the Republic, said at the briefing in Tskhinval Deputy Chairman - Head of the Border Service of the KGB of South Ossetia, General Sergei Kolbin.

NATO countries have a direct relation to the beginning of the Georgian aggression against South Ossetia in August 2008. They supplied weapons to Georgia and were openly pushing this state "to unleash a bloodbath against the Ossetian people," said a Chairman of the Committee on Legislation, Legality and Local Self-Government, a Chairman of the "Union of Defenders of South Ossetia" Amiran Dyaconov in his interview with the news agency "Res", commenting on the statement of the NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen who had condemned the transfer of the Russian border deep into Abkhazia.

February 5 has been held a meeting of the Deputy Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement Khokh Gagloyty and Commissioner for Human Rights Inal Tasoev with representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Elena Milosevic ( Regional Coordinator for missing persons) and Chingiz Rayimbekov ( head of the Department of Defense), As IA «RES» has been informed at the press service of the President and the Government of the RSO, at the meeting "were discussed the issues to clarify the fate of the missing persons."

South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov has met with representatives of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation, who are in the Republic on a working visit.