The Ossetian professional boxer, the European champion under the WBC version in the weight class up to 66.6 kg, the world champion under the WBC version among youth, the intercontinental champion under the WBC version among youth, a champion of Asia among adults Aslanbek Kozaev won a brilliant victory by knockout in the next match.
Flash-poll: May 29, will be the 20 years anniversary of the Act of Independence of South Ossetia.
How successful, in your opinion, the Republic is building its statehood and what else should be done to strengthen it?
Alexander Skakov, Candidate of History, coordinator of the Working Group of the Caucasus and Central Asia department under the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Federation:
I think that South Ossetia has done much to strengthen its sovereignty as an independent country. And this is primarily due to the will of the Ossetian people. But the problems still exist. South Ossetia, in contrast to Abkhazia, has no outlet to the sea, and of course, all the contacts of South Ossetia with the outside world go through Russia. There is another nuance in this fact - a great influence of Russia on South Ossetia. And this influence has both the positive effects that were displayed in the events of 08.08.08, as well as the negative ones, displayed in the events connected with the presidential election. So the future of South Ossetia depends much on Russia's position to be consistent, accurate, objective, and not related to any personal predilections. In principle, South Ossetia has everything to move forward toward the formation of normal society: there are good people who are willing and able to work, literate intellectuals, beautiful nature. The question is, to make it all ok to use. In short, South Ossetia has all chances for further success.
A well-known Ossetian professional boxer, the European champion in the weight class up to 66.6 kg Aslanbek Kozaev will fight today his regular rating bout.
This has been said IA "Res" by the coach of the athlete Vitaly Slanov.
The 23rd meeting of the Mechanisms on Prevention and Reaction to Incidents (MPRI) has been held today in the Georgian village of Ergneti at the border of South Ossetia and Georgia.
There were two items on the agenda: a review of the incidents at the state border of South Ossetia and Georgia during the period since the MPRI previous meeting, and the possibility of mutual transferring of citizens of South Ossetia, kept in detention in Georgia, as well as the Georgian citizens, kept in detention in South Ossetia.
Comment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia with respect to the statement adopted at the NATO Summit in Chicago
In a statement issued after the NATO Summit in Chicago May 21, 2012, member countries of NATO, supporting Georgia's aspirations to join the Alliance, appealed to Russia to "abolish the recognition of the Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states and to reduce the Russian military presence in these regions.
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia has stated that this document, which was evidently adjusted to the Georgian audience, has a deliberately biased orientation. It is known that South Ossetia is not a "region of Georgia," and only through the intervention of Russia in August 2008 the people of South Ossetia were rescued from total annihilation during the perfidious military aggression of Georgia against South Ossetia. For nearly four years, the security of South Ossetia is guaranteed by the Russian Federation on the basis of the bilateral agreements. South Ossetian people express boundless gratitude to the Russian Federation, but it is obvious, that the summit participants are little interested in the people's opinion.
South Ossetian teachers of the Russian language and literature became the winners of the XII Pushkin International Competition for teachers from the CIS, Bulgaria, Germany and Israel. This has been reported to IA "Res" by a spokesman of the Russian Cooperation in South Ossetia, the first secretary of the Embassy of Russia in South Ossetia Mikhail Stepanov.
Representatives of South Ossetia took part in the international forum "Comprehension of the Origin of Cultures of Friendly Nations as an Important Factor of Cooperation between the CIS Countries and the Republics of the Caucasus", which was being held from May18 - 20 in Sochi. The Forum was organized by the International Humanitarian Public Fund "Knowledge" and missions of the Russian Cooperation in South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
As IA "Res" has been reported by the Russian Cooperation representative in South Ossetia, Mikhail Stepanov on his arrival in Tskhinval, the South Ossetian delegation included teachers of the Russian language and literature of the educational institutions and the South-Ossetian State University, as well as representatives of the media of the Republic.
NATO has once again reaffirmed its unswerving stance on the status of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Washington and Brussels are still seeing these states, recognized by Russia, as a part of Georgia, and it is unlikely that such declarations have only the character of public rhetoric. They suggest a set of actions aiming to adjust the status quo in the region, created after August 2008. This is already affecting and will further affect the functioning of international and European formats, within the frames of which are discussed the issues of security and stability inTranscaucasia.
President of the Republic of South Ossetia, Leonid Tibilov has received today athletes of the sport and martial arts national team.
Contrary to the evident reality NATO continues to call to Russia to abolish its acknowledgment of the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, while supporting Georgia's aspiration to join NATO. Such an opinion in an interview with IA "Res" was expressed by Chief of the Caucasus Research of the Russian Institute of Strategic Studies JanaAmelina, commenting on the statement, made at the NATO summit in Chicago.
