The Ossetian weightlifter Oleg Khugaev has wonthe European Championship among youth and juniors held in Eilat (Israel). This has been reported to IA "Res" by the information-analytical department of the Committee for Youth, Sports and Tourism of South Ossetia.
The Georgian expert community continues to interpret the results of the "Brooms revolution". At the end of the month, after the final rise to power of the ''Georgian dream'', it was found out that it would not be easier to redeem the promises on foreign policy, as well as the internal ones" – has concluded the Georgian expert Tengiz Ablotiya December 5, 2012 in the article "Foreign Policy: The Dream and Reality" (data- analytical portal "Georgia Online").
Official delegation of the Republic of South Ossetia has arrived in Switzerland to participate in the Geneva international talks.
As reported to the news agency "Res" by a Head of the South Ossetian delegation, Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev, the key question for the South Ossetian party is still the matter of security.
Rehabilitation process of South Ossetia and Abkhazia under the previous leadership of the republic was going on with the "corruption component". Today Moscow hopes for positive change, said presidential aide Tatyana Golikova.
"The recovery processes are not very fast; of course, there was an element of corruption under the former leadership and former approach to using the funds. But to date, it seems that things are getting better,"- she said at a round table "Russia in a Changing World", held within the framework of the meeting of members of the government and the presidential administration with the trustees of the Russian president.
Recently it`s being heard the statements about a hypothetical Russian betrayal of one of its closest allies - South Ossetia. Some experts persuade the population that Moscow could agree with the new authorities of Tbilisi behind Tskhinval to withdraw its recognition of the South Ossetian statehood in exchange for the extension of the current cooperation with Georgia. Meanwhile, life has clearly demonstrated that these statements have nothing to do with reality.
December 11-12 the next 22th round of discussions on security in Transcaucasia will be held in Geneva.
South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov met with members of the South Ossetian delegation at the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia. Opening the meeting, the President has noted that South Ossetia attaches great importance to the Geneva discussions - the only international platform where is carried on the work on post-conflict settlement.
The Mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross is providing humanitarian aid to residents of the districts of South Ossetia, whose farmlands have suffered from hail in June. The humanitarian action started on December 4 and will continue for several days.
To help the low-income population is one of the priorities of the Mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in South Ossetia. This has been said IA "Res" by a spokesperson of the ICRC in South Ossetia Marina Tedeti.
Georgia has expressed a desire to normalize relations with Russia, still considering Abkhazia and South Ossetia as the occupied territories. Such rhetoric is not conducive to a dialogue without preconditions. This was declared by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during a press conference after a meeting of NATO-Russia Council held at the ministerial level in Brussels December 4.