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August 2008 was extremely rich in military and political events. It became a turning point in the further state structure of Transcaucasia.

The practice of international relations allowed two new independent recognized states to appear on the world map - South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The leadership of Russia, in making its decision to recognize their independence, was guided by the will of the peoples, as well as by generally accepted norms of international and humanitarian law.

Participants of the Alan Trail ethnic camp in South Ossetia visited a cemetery in the courtyard of the school number 5 and the Museum of Burned Souls to honor the memory of the heroes who gave their lives for us to live under a peaceful sky.

"As part of a trip to South Ossetia, they took part in the mourning events dedicated to the August events of 2008. And, as they said," we can’t leave without being in fifth school, "the press service of the committee of youth policy. sports and tourism reports.

President Anatoly Bibilov took part in the ceremony of swearing in cadets of the 907th Joint Training Center of the Navy of the Russian Federation.

The ceremony was held on the territory of the Tauric Chersonesos Museum-Reserve in Sevastopol. The event was also attended by Secretary of the Sevastopol regional branch of the United Russia party, deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Dmitry Sablin.

Anatoly Bibilov congratulated the cadets who chose the profession of a diving specialist and a military rescuer of the Navy.

The Russian Embassy in the United States has called the blasphemous and Russophobic the statement by the US State Department, which on the anniversary of the Georgian aggression in August 2008, once again called on Russia to "withdraw troops from Georgia" and withdraw the recognition of the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. This is stated in a statement published on Friday on the official page of the Russian Embassy in the United States on Facebook.

South Ossetia has filed 3,300 individual complaints to the European Court of Human Rights in connection with the events of 2008, the Presidential Commissioner for Human Rights of the Republic, Inal Tasoev, told reporters on Friday.

The official representative of the Russian diplomacy criticized the Georgian and Western media on the background of the 11th anniversary of the August 2008 events

Russian border guards do not conduct any work on the border between South Ossetia and Georgia. This was stated on Friday by the director of the Information and Press Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, during a briefing at the site of the Territory of Meanings All-Russian Youth Educational Forum.

South Ossetia is ready to directly engage in dialogue with Georgia on any issues, and statements that Russia is preventing this are myths, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.

"The South Ossetian side is ready for an open dialogue with Georgian representatives - this is a very important point - on any current issues and problems," Zakharova said at a briefing on Friday.

The State Council of the Republic of Crimea at an extraordinary session approved an agreement on trade, economic, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation with South Ossetia, the TASS news agency reported.

On April 18, 2019, as part of the V Yalta International Economic Forum, the head of Crimea Sergey Aksenov and President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov signed an agreement on trade, economic, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation for 2019-2022.

Republic of South Ossetia was proclaimed in 1990, and since then has had nothing to do with the territorial integrity of Georgia as a state. Therefore, when the United States or other UN states and international organizations affirm their recognition of the territorial integrity of Georgia, one should proceed from the composition, the territory in which Georgia entered the international community in 1992.

The embassy of South Ossetia in Abkhazia commemorated the peacekeepers, militias, soldiers and officers of the Russian army and civilians in Tskhinval perished in August 2008. President of Abkhazia Raul Khadjimba, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia Daur Kove, the head of the government of the Republic Valery Bganba and the Russian Ambassador to Abkhazia Alexey Dvinyanin took part in the memorial event, held on Thursday at the embassy of South Ossetia in Abkhazia.