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Deputies of the Parliament of South Ossetia unanimously supported the appeal of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of Russia to the UN with a proposal to urgently conduct an international investigation into the crime committed by the United States on September 26, 2022 in the Baltic Sea.

The head of the parliamentary Committee on Foreign Policy and Inter-parliamentary relations, Zaza Driaev, brought the question to the meeting of the regular session.

A two-day 57th round of discussions on security and stability in Transcaucasia began in Geneva on Tuesday. According to the press service of the South Ossetian Foreign Ministry, within the framework of the first day of work, the South Ossetian delegation held meetings with the co-chairs and moderators of the 1st and 2nd working groups, at which key issues on the agenda of the main discussion day were discussed.

On Wednesday, in the capital of South Ossetia, at the State Drama Theater, the grand opening of the Days of Culture of Abkhazia took place.

The event was opened by Minister of Culture of South Ossetia Rada Dzagoeva, the head of the Ministry of Culture of Abkhazia Daur Kove and Ambassador of Abkhazia to South Ossetia Alan Elbakiev.

“We came to this together, and today we have the opportunity to implement these activities. We are looking forward to the arrival in Abkhazia in the near future of the creative teams of our fraternal South Ossetia,” Kove said.

President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev received on Wednesday the delegation of Abkhazia, which had arrived in the Republic, headed by Minister of Culture Daur Kove. Alan Gagloev greeted the guests, noting the importance of intercultural interaction.

“Our peoples had to go through a lot together, lending a brotherly shoulder to each other. Many representatives of the Ossetian people took part in the Patriotic War of Abkhazia, many of them were awarded a high award - the hero of Abkhazia,” the President said.

The West is forcing Georgia to enter into the military conflict with Russia, opening the "second front", convincing Tbilisi that now is a good time to regain control over Abkhazia and South Ossetia, said Sergei Naryshkin, director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service.

The State Security Committee of South Ossetia reminds residents of villages bordering Georgia on administrative and criminal liability for smuggling of tobacco and alcohol products.

According to the press service of the KGB, at the checkpoints "Pereu" and "Razdaekhaen" border guards regularly record the facts of local residents exceeding the norms established by the government of the Republic for moving tobacco products across the state border.

Issues related to the activities of the ICRC in South Ossetia were discussed with the South Ossetian party at the mission's headquarters in Geneva.

The administration of Tskhinval has collected funds for the fighters participating in Russia's special military operation in Ukraine.

As the first Deputy Head of the capital administration Eduard Zoziev told the “Res” news agency, the fundraising had been going on since the end of February.

The Scientist from South Ossetia, head of the department of socio-economic research of the Z.N. Vaneev South Ossetia Research Institute Vyacheslav Dzhabiev took part in the XI International theoretical and practical conference on economics "The phenomenon of the market economy: from its origins to the present day. Transformation of economic systems in the context of turbulent development", held in Sochi from March 29 to April 2.

During the Days of Culture of the Republic of Abkhazia in Tskhinval, by the agreement with the Ministry of Culture, an additional concert of the State Song and Dance Group of the Republic of Abkhazia will be held.

The Days of Culture of Abkhazia in South Ossetia will be held for the first time on April 5-6.

As Ministry of Culture of the Republic has informed the IA "Res", there have been changes in the program of the Days of Culture of Abkhazia, the Abkhaz group will perform both days - on April 5, 6.