Государственное информационное агентство "Рес"

In the village of Dmenis, Tskhinval district, an explosive device was found by a resident of the village, the Emergency Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of South Ossetia told the “Res” news agency.

"On Friday, it was reported that a resident of the village of Dmenis came across a dangerous object in his garden - a hand-held anti-personnel grenade F-1, which he immediately informed rescuers," said the Emergency Situations officer on duty.

Sappers were sent to the detection site of the dangerous find; the explosive device was eliminated on a safe landfill.

The international scientific-practical conference on the history of the Russian-South Ossetian relations and issues of national identity was held at the South Ossetian State University (SOGU).

According to the press service of the university, the conference was attended by representatives of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies of the National Research University Higher School of Economics (CCEMI NRU HSE), Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University).

Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia Dmitry Medoev received the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia in Italy Mauro Murgia, who is on a business trip in Tskhinval, the press service of the Foreign Ministry reported.

During the conversation, they discussed the activities of the representative office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia in Italy over the past two years, discussed the prospects for the implementation of various projects in the field of culture and education.

The analysis of the situation on the South Ossetian-Georgian state border received by the KGB of South Ossetia indicates the relationship between the socio-economic situation of the population of the Georgian border area and the number of violations of the state border in search of better living conditions.

This is stated in the statement released on Wednesday by the State Security Committee of South Ossetia.

The destructive position taken by the representatives of Georgia does not allow progress in resolving the key issue of drafting a legally binding document designed to guarantee the security of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which is becoming increasingly important against the backdrop of the continuing build-up of Georgia's military potential and the expansion of the North Atlantic Alliance's activity in the region.

This is stated in the message of the South Ossetian delegation to the media on the results of the 54th round of the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia.

Recently, for a part of the Georgian political beau monde, the actualization of the South Ossetian and Abkhazian theme is becoming not only a means to attract attention, but also the only topic for discussion with foreign colleagues, said the South Ossetian Foreign Minister Dmitry Medoev.

Despite warnings to the former President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili that he would be detained immediately upon arrival in the country, he illegally entered the territory of his homeland and was placed in an isolation ward, now transferred to a solitary confinement cell in prison No. 12 in the city of Rustavi. near Tbilisi. Saakashvili is serving a six-year sentence for malfeasance in office in the murder of a bank employee Sandro Girgvliani and the beating of deputy Valery Gelashvili.

Sixteen prizes were taken by the South Ossetian athletes in all-style karate and hand-to-hand fighting at the X All-Russian cultural and sports festival "Peaceful Caucasus 2021".

The sporting event took place in Vladikavkaz.

In all-style karate, the winners of the competition were Andrey Tomaev, Elizaveta Alborova, Arsen Dzhioev and Mikhail Parastaev. Silver medals were taken by Alexei Chebotarev, David Kotaev, Atsamaz Bestaev, Marat Tedeev, Dmitry Guzitaev, Erik Siukaev, Shamil Bekoev and Arsen Laliev, and the bronze - by Renat Pukhaev.

Over the past nine months since the beginning of the year, 296 violators of legislation in the border sphere were detained at various sections of the state border of South Ossetia (for the nine months of 2020 - 360).

According to the press service of the KGB of the Republic, of them 115 (157 in 2020) are violators of the state border regime, 181 (203 in 2020) are border regime violators.

"The Border Service of the State Security Committee conducted investigations for each violation of legal regimes.

At the next round of Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia, South Ossetian representatives still intend to seek concrete progress in working out a document on the non-use of force by Georgia against South Ossetia and Abkhazia, the head of the South Ossetian delegation at the discussions, State Adviser to the President of the Republic Konstantin Kochiev told the “Res” news agency.