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Weightlifter from South Ossetia Alexander Kasabiev will participate in the international tournament for the prizes of the Polish weightlifting club named after President of the Weightlifting Federation of Poland Simon Koletsky. As the coach of the athlete Inal Kasabiev told IA "Res", "The competition will be held at the end of January. Our athlete will perform in the weight class up to 105 kg. He is currently training for the tournament in the Polish city of Chehanovo. We expect his successful performance."

Commentary of Foreign Minister of South Ossetia David Sanakoev with regard to the speech of President Saakashvili at the PACE Winter Session.
President Saakashvili's speech at the Parliamentary Assembly was, of course, biased and prejudiced against South Ossetia and the Russian Federation. Actually, we have heard nothing new from the President of Georgia, but for the same rhetoric, which the Georgian leadership has been following for many years, and which led to the military aggression in August 2008.

These days is being held a visit of the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II to Russia. In South Ossetia the attitude towards Ilya II is adequate to his attitude to South Ossetia. Correspondent of IA "Res" asked the Presidential Envoy of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev to comment on the visit.

January 21, Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili made a speech at the PACE session. As usual, Saakashvili again unfairlysubjected Russia, South Ossetia and Abkhazia to criticism, calling on again to restore "the territorial integrity of Georgia."
Correspondent of IA "Res" asked the Plenipotentiary of the President of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev to comment on the statement of Saakashvili.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia David Sanakoev has received today the Head of the Tskhinval office of the International Committee of the Red Cross Liann Hutchins.

Draft Concept of socio-economic development of South Ossetia for 2013 - 2030 years has been discussed today at the round table in the capital of the Republic. The round table, chaired by the Prime Minister of South Ossetia Rostislav Khugaev, was attended by heads of ministries and departments, parliamentarians, experts, representatives of scientific circles and the public of South Ossetia, as well as the head of the project designing - a representative of the Russian Center for Strategic Researches "Region" Denis Denisov and a representative of the Russian Institute of Urban Development and Investment Development Victor Kozyrev.

In neighboring Georgia are still being discussed the results of the recent amnesty declared by the Parliament, which even had had to overcome a veto of President Saakashvili.
By analogy with the amnesty of criminals in the USSR in 1953, Georgia's data-analytical portal "Georgia Online" on January 14, 2013 issued an article entitled "Cold January of 2013." A prominent Georgian analyst Leila Naroushvili has written in the article: "On Sunday, January 13 all 190 so-called political prisoners were released. So called -because the status of a "political prisoner" approved by the deputies representing the parliamentary majority is a very controversial and it has provoked radically opposite views in the society.

January 25 South Ossetia is expecting the visit of a delegation of the co-chairs of the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia. This was reported by Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev during a meeting of the President of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov with heads of the law enforcement agencies of the Republic. According to him, the delegation will include the co-chairs of the EU, the UN and the OSCE.

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Weightlifter from South Ossetia Alexander Kasabievis training in the Polish city of Chekhanov.
As the coach of the athlete Inal Kasabiev said IA "Res," "Kasabiev will take part in a number of major tournaments and will train in Poland until March." According to the coach, the sportsman is in good form.