The International Committee of the Red Cross organized a field meeting for the families of persons missing in connection with the armed conflict in South Ossetia in the 1990s and 2008, the Committee’s press service reports.
The ICRC has noted that the organization thereby supported the initiative of the families of missing persons.
The authorities of South Ossetia handed over to Georgia a resident of Tbilisi who had violated the state border, the Republic’s KGB reported on Wednesday.
As reported by the department, on July 1, the South Ossetian border guards detained a 31-year-old resident of Tbilisi, Lobzhanidze Zurab, for illegally crossing the state border of the Republic of South Ossetia.
It has been established that the said citizen intentionally violated the South Ossetian-Georgian border in the vicinity of the settlement of Balata in the Leningor district," the KGB has noted.
The government of South Ossetia has responsible and professional people who are ready to make decisions, Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Dmitry Volvach, has noted during the press conference, who arrived in the Republic the day before on a working visit.
“We discussed the prospects for our further cooperation, the results achieved in the first half of this year. I can state that a lot has been done, we have set quite high standards for ourselves,” Volvach noted.
President Alan Gagloev has met with Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Dmitry Volvach, who arrived in South Ossetia on a working visit. This was reported by the press service of the heads of state.
Gagloev has emphasized the importance of the meeting, during which it is planned to discuss a number of issues relevant to the Republic.
For his part, Dmitry Volvach expressed his readiness to interact.
Representatives of South Ossetia, led by Chairman of the public organization “Rossy” Svetlana Kotaeva, took part in the next stage of the round table as part of the online project “We Defended the Native Caucasus!” This was reported by the press service of the Russian House in Tskhinval.
During the discussion, the teams participating in the project alternately highlight the role of their region in the battle for the Caucasus during the Great Patriotic War.
Representatives of the Russian Ministry of Economic Development, headed by Deputy Minister Dmitry Volvach, arrived in South Ossetia on Tuesday.
As part of a two-day working visit to the Republic, the Russian delegation, accompanied by Chairman of the Government of South Ossetia Konstantin Dzhussoev, Russian Ambassador to the Republic of South Ossetia Marat Kulakhmetov, head of Ministry of Construction Zaur Chochiev and other officials, got acquainted with the progress of the construction of a children's camp in the Dzau region.
The South Ossetian athletes took eight awards from the Adygea “Heroes Cup” championship in all-style and koshiki karate dedicated to the special military operation, the coach Alan Gabatov told IA “Res”.
According to him, the highest awards were taken by Vladimir Kabisov, who competed in Koshiki karate and finished the fight with a knockout, Lera Kudukhova in all-style karate and Oleg Dzhioev in Koshiki karate.
“Many of my athletes participated in away competitions for the first time, but demonstrated excellent skills,” the coach said.
The Ossetian Greco-Roman wrestlers Zaur Beslekoev and Alan Totrov were included in the Russian national team for the European Championship among athletes under 20 years of age, which started in Novi Sad (Serbia).
Beslekoev will fight for a competition medal in the weight class up to 72 kg. Totrov, in turn, will try to get on the podium in the weight class up to 82 kg.
Both Ossetian wrestlers will compete for the European Championship medals on July 2.
As part of its participation in the international festival "Highlanders", which started on June 28 in Makhachkala, the State Song and Dance Group "Simd", performed at the event "Defile of the National Costume". This was reported by the press service of Ministry of Culture of South Ossetia.
At the event, the dancers Inal Sanakoev, Anna Tskhovrebova, Khetag Pukhaev and Irina Tedeeva presented two pairs of national dance clothes.
It is noted that all groups participating in the festival took part in the presentation of national costumes.
Ossetian athlete Roland Pukhaev won a bronze medal at the European U-17 freestyle wrestling championship, which was held in Novi Sad, Serbia. This was reported by the press service of the Russian Wrestling Federation.
In the fight for third place in the weight class up to 92 kg, the Ossetian wrestler defeated the Ukrainian Yuri Pigulsky with a score of 11:6.
Earlier, Aldat Kesaev (up to 80 kg) won the U-17 European Championship gold.