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Today has taken place the next session of the Parliament of South Ossetia Republic. The session was presided by the Chairman of the Parliament Znaur Gassiev. In the course of the work the deputies has introduced amendments into the Law of South Ossetia Republic « About the state budget for 2006 » in connection with the changes of the profitable and the expenses account parts of the budget. Shurvan Kokoev, the chairman of the parliamentary committee on budget, explained the essence of the changes. He has asked to speak the Minister of Finance Aza Khabalova, that article-by-article has acquainted the gathered with the expenditure of the budget.

The Chairman of the Government of South Ossetia Republic Juriy Morozov has held a meeting with the minister of transport, capital and road building of South Ossetia Republic Rudolf Tskhovrebov and with the representatives of the limited company "Vladikavkazstroy " Juriy Urtaev and Anatoliy Kumaritov.The questions on completion of the construction works at a number of objects of the republic and the preparation for rehabilitation works at new objects were considered at the meeting.

In the night from March, 18th for March, 19th from 0.10 till 1.30 was carried out the visit of the group of monitoring of the military observers and the officers of the Mission of OSCE with the purpose of finding-out of the circumstances of the fact of infringement of the agreements on cease-fire between the sides in the area of the settlements Zemo Nikozi and Gudzhabaur.

Today is the Memorial Day of the victims of the Eredvi tragedy.
On March, 18th, 1991 the Georgian armed formations captured the lorry with the peace inhabitants of an ossetian nationality, moving to their villages. After brutal tortures and mockeries the 12 persons have been buried alive in a tomb, having become brotherly to them. To find the burial place and to identify the victims became possible only two years later, in 1993.

The situation around South Ossetia Republic continues becoming heated. The basic destabilizing factors are: 1) the proceeding militarization of Georgia under the direction of the American experts, the constant technological updating of the military objects, including the elements of the system Anti-Missile Defence, 2) the actions of the Georgian management on activation of the activity of the so-called Kurta-Kekhvi government on behalf of Dmitriy Sanakoev. The government of Georgia mobilizes here the huge financial and material resources, providing this illegal structure with importance in opinion of the world community.

Tonight, at 6:45 a.m., the four cars "UAZ" with the Georgian special services, roughly 15-16 persons, having driven to the village Kvatetri of Znaur region of South Ossetia Republic, have opened fire on the village from the automatic weapon and the machine gun.

On March, 14th the meeting of the co-chairman of the south-ossetian part of JCC Boris Chochiev with the assistant of the head of the Mission of OSCE in Georgia Mr.Veselin Nikolaev and the head of the Tskhinval office of the Mission of OSCE Mr.Bozhidar Dimitrov took place. The questions of the forthcoming meeting of the co-chairmen of JCC in Istanbul were discussed at the meeting. The meeting will be held under the initiative of the mission of OSCE.

The increase of intensity around South Ossetia Republic causes serious concern of the deputies of the Parliament of South Ossetia Republic. The crisis situation that has recently developed in the georgian-ossetian relations is the direct consequence of the policy carried out by the Georgian authorities.

In occasion with the recent events in Kodori gorge, the correspondent of «Res» has addressed the deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia Republic Alan Pliev for comments.

Today in Tskhinval under the presidency of OSCE takes place the session of the Organizational Committee. The donors also take part in the meeting, including the representatives of Euro commission, the European Union, Turkey and the United States of America, together with the representatives of the georgian, the south-ossetian, the Russian and the north-ossetian parties.