On September 22 resident of village Pris Artem Besaev, born in 1986, was abducted by armed people in masks, while he was looking for his cattle. According to Besaev, he was strongly hit into his head and lost consciousness. He recovered in a destroyed house in the outskirts of a Georgian village Kheiti. In the same house he was beaten up and tortured.
Recently Republic of South Ossetia was frequently visited by representatives of different western countries. Yesterday it was the delegation of the European Parliament, today it was the visit of the Ambassadors from different western countries and one the directors of the rose revolution John Theft.
Today the Republic of South Ossetia was visited by Ambassadors of several Western Countries and the United States. The delegation was formed by: the Ambassador of France Fillip Lefor, Ambassador of Germany Patricia Flor, Ambassador of the USA John Theft, Ambassador of Great Britain Donald MacLaren, Ambassador of Italy Fabricio Romano, as well as the Head of the OSCE Mission in Georgia Ambassador Roy Reev.
Referendum of the Republic of South Ossetia will take place on 12 November, 2006. A Decree on the referendum was signed by the President of the RSO Eduard Kokoity.
According to a reliable source in the Georgian Ministry of Defense, the Georgian side is not allowing civilians into the Georgian village Nikozi, located in immediate proximity to Tskhinval.
On the night of 8-9 September the capital of the Republic of South Ossetia was again under massive shelling. The correspondent of Res agency was informed by the RSO Minister of Interior Mikhail Mindzaev
On 8 September, 2006 around 11:30 near village Tbet, Tskhinavli region of the Republic of South Ossetia, part of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone, personnel of the Ministry of Interior of Georgia that penetrated into the conflict zone from village Nikozi carried out an armed attack on the check-point of the Ministry of Interior.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Murat Jioev addressed a letter to the acting OSCE chairman Carl De Guht that says:
According to the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of South Ossetia, near the Ossetian village Tbet was carried out an armed attack by the Georgian military formation against the check point of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of South Ossetia. According to the initial information, 3 people were killed from the Ossetian side.
Today a telephone conversation took place between the President of Republic of South Ossetia and the President of Republic of Abkhazia Sergey Bagapsh. The Presidents discussed the current situation around the Republics.