Государственное информационное агентство "Рес"

The action dedicated to the 32nd anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan took place on Monday in Tskhinval in front of the monument to the soldiers-internationalists in the Bam micro district. The participants of the event laid flowers and wreaths at the memorial, honoring the memory of the Afghan warriors who did not return from the war.

Acting. Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia Dmitry Medoev has arrived of February 14 on a working visit to Abkhazia. As the press service of the Republic's Foreign Ministry has reported on Friday, the visit is taking place in accordance with the "Plan of consultations between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia for 2021 - 2022" signed in 2020.

On February 15, Dmitry Medoev met with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia Daur Kove.

Volunteers from South Ossetia, sent for rehabilitation in Crimea, hoisted the national flag of Alania on one of the highest mountains of the Crimean Peninsula, Ai-Petri, which is considered the hallmark of the southern part of the Crimean Peninsula and the most visited attraction in Yalta.

One of the volunteers, Marat Bagaev, told IA "Res "that the idea to hoist a flag on the top of the mountain had appeared in South Ossetia.

One of the South Ossetian volunteers who was working in the "red zone" during the peak of the coronavirus pandemic, Marat Bagaev, shared with the "Res" news agency his impressions of his stay in a sanatorium in Crimea.

According to him, the first group of nine volunteers who were sent to the resort with the financial support of the President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov is currently in the sanatorium.

The second stage of vaccination of Russian servicemen is planned to be carried out by the end of February, according to the Southern Military District.

The military in South Ossetia received the first dose of vaccine in January, the second batch of Sputnik V was delivered in February, said the head of the Southern Military District Vadim Astafyev.

"The vaccine was delivered in special thermal containers to medical hospitals for further use. It is delivered to the final medical institution frozen and thawed in preparation for injection," summed up Astafyev.

On Friday, Russian Ambassador to South Ossetia Marat Kulakhmetov presented memorable table medals "75 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" of the Russian organizing committee "#Victory" and diplomas" to Acting Minister of Culture of South Ossetia Zhanna Zasseyeva and the first Deputy head of the administration of the Tskhinval district of the RSO Valery Bibilov.

This is reported by the Russian Embassy on its page in the social network.

The Tbilisi regime continues to take actions leading to escalating tensions on the South Ossetian-Georgian border, the South Ossetian State Security Committee reported on Thursday.

"So, on February 3 at 09:19, in the vicinity of the settlement of Diseu, Tskhinval district, a border guard detachment of the RSO KGB Border Guard Service, recorded an attempt to illegally enter the RSO by an unidentified Georgian police officer, who, having penetrated into the territory of South Ossetia about 20 meters, was monitoring the border zone, "the press service reported.

Over the past day, the number of coronavirus infection has increased by 15, the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection in the country reached 2 thousand 932, said on Thursday Deputy Head of the South Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee Anna Gagloeva.

The day before, it was reported about 16 new patients were reported, the day before yesterday- about 3 patients.

"A total of 163 tests have been done in day, 15 of them were first detected. 4 people were removed from medical register," Gagloeva noted.

President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov instructed the Acting Health Minister Georgy Totchiev to work out the issues of vaccination against COVID-19. The head of state gave the order to the official during the meeting of the operational staff in Tskhinval on Wednesday.

“There is a demand among the population for vaccines, this is obvious. People who have not had the coronavirus do not want to get sick in the future. Therefore, work out this issue with your Russian colleagues, we have a corresponding agreement,” the President said.

The number of coronavirus cases in South Ossetia has increased by 16 over the past day and reached 2,917, Marina Kochieva, head of the Republic's Consumer Supervision Committee, told IA "Res".

" 16 residents of the Republic have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in a day, a total of 169 have been tested for coronavirus, 17 people were removed from the register on Wednesday," Kochieva said. According to her, 833 people in the republic with coronavirus infection are currently under the supervision of doctors.