Государственное информационное агентство "Рес"

The new high-tech equipment will be commissioned this summer in the Bagiata bottling plant. As IA "Res" has been informed by the Economic Development Minister of the RSO Alexei Khabalov, purchased in 2011 a new line for bottling mineral water is able to produce six thousand bottles per hour. "This line will be ten times more powerful than the present one. There is no room in the plant, so we decided to build a hangar. In the coming days representatives of the supplier from Melitopol will arrive in South Ossetia". According to Khabalov, for supplying the Russian market with the plant production the mineral water should be produced in glass bottles.

Acting President of South Ossetia Vadim Brovtsev considers as the "good sign" an appointment of Taimuraz Mamsurov a special envoy of the Russian President in South Ossetia.
"Two fraternal republics are linked historically. One nation is living in North and South Ossetia. I am convinced, that now, after the appointment of the head of the neighboring republic Taimuraz Mamsurov as the special envoy of the Russian President, good links between our country and Russia will be more strengthened. This is a good sign,"- told Brovtsev.

April 8 in Moscow a renowned South Ossetian professional boxer Aslanbek Kozaev will fight the 12-round bout for the title of European Champion in the weight class up to 66.6 kg according to WBC (World Boxing Council). As IA "Res" has been informed by the coach of the athlete Vitaly Slanov, "the rival of Aslanbek will be the 25-year-old Belarusian fighter Andrei Abramenko, who is the Eastern Europe champion in professional boxing under the WBC version, - said Slanov. – He is a very strong fighter. He has fought 21 professional boxing bouts and has won 20 of them. Only in one bout he was defeated by the famous boxer Matthew Hatton."

Presidential candidate Dmitry Medoev suggested the famous European scientist and public figure Giulietto Chiesa to represent the interests of South Ossetia in Europe. This has been reported to IA "Res" at the headquarters of the candidate. This proposal was declared by the candidate at the meeting with his supporters, which was also attended by Giulietto Chiesa.

All the polling stations in the regions of South Ossetia are ready for re-election of the President of South Ossetia. As IA "Res" has been informed by the head of the Central Election Committee of South Ossetia Bella Plieva, "the CEC representatives went to the districts of Leningor and Tskhinval of the Republic and examined all the polls. In the near future we will also check the districts of Dzau and Znaur where, according to the chairmen of the territorial election committees, all the polling stations are also ready for the elections. Check-lists are also prepared, and now the invitations are being sent out to the voters".

Action in memory of the victims of tragedy in Eredvi that claimed 12 lives on March 18, 1991 has been held today in South Ossetia. The action was organized by the Department for Youth Affairs under the Ministry of Education, Science and Youth Policy of South Ossetia.
Youth representatives, along with the victims' families attended the burial place of the remains of 12 Ossetian men, aged 18 to 70 years old, who, after brutal tortures had been buried alive in a pre-dug pit in the Georgian populated settlement Eredvi, Tskhinvalskiy District of South Ossetia.

Quiz: March 14, the Ministry of Economic Development of South Ossetia and the Russian airline "Your air centre" signed a cooperation agreement. It provides for creation an enterprise for small aircraft construction in the territory of South Ossetia. How do you assess the prospects of this agreement and its implementation?

Alexey Khabalov, Minister for Economic Development of South Ossetia:
This is a carefully thought out and quite a real project. The profitability of this project is that even in the first year it will cover 70% of its value and the next year the project will bring profit.

The Central Election Committee (CEC) of South Ossetia has decided to issue 40 000 ballots by the presidential election on March 25. This has been reported to IA "Res" by the Chairman of the CEC of South Ossetia Bella Plieva.
"At the today`s meeting we have unanimously made the decision to issue 40 000 ballots," - said Plieva.
According to her, the CEC members proceed from the fact that about 38,800 voters were in the lists of the polls during the presidential election in November 2011. "In accordance with the current regulations the number of spare ballots must be three percent of the electorate, existing in the polls - explained the CEC Chairman. - Thus, the total number of ballots that will be issued by March 25, 2012 should reach just over 39,600 units. So we decided to round up this amount and issue 40,000 ballots." The CEC Chairman has noted that, in accordance with the law, the ballots must be ready not later than 10 days before the voting day.

Deployment of international police forces in South Ossetia and Abkhazia is impossible because of absurdity of the question itself which is infringement of independence and sovereignty of the republics. This opinion was stated in an interview with IA "Res" by a representative of the Association of cross-border cooperation in Central Asia and Caucasus, Mikhail Chernov, commenting on the yesterday's statement by the Georgian Foreign Ministry on the need to deploy an international police force in South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
However, the expert expressed concern about the situation related to penetration of drugs from Georgia to Abkhazia, South Ossetia and the North Caucasus.

Statements by the United States and Georgia that, maybe, the drug traffic passes through Abkhazia and South Ossetia, do not hold water. Such an opinion in an interview with IA "Res" has been stated by a representative of the Association of the cross-border cooperation in Central Asia and Caucasus, Mikhail Chernov, commenting on the recent statements by the American and Georgian authorities about the possible drug trafficking through the territory of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.