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Chairman of the government of South Ossetia Konstantin Dzhussoev took part in the memorial service for the victims of the Georgian military aggression in 2008. The service was held in the Church of the Holy Trinity in the city of Tskhinval.

Together with the head of government, Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Economic Development Dzambolat Tadtaev, head of the government Office Alan Dzhussoev, heads of the ministries and departments came to the temple to offer prayers for the repose of the souls of the innocently killed, the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers reported.

South Ossetia is marking another anniversary of the August 2008 hostilities. On the night of August 7-8, Georgia attacked the sleeping city of Tskhinval. As a result of the attack by the Georgian army, more than 1.5 thousand people and 67 Russian servicemen were killed.

Should South Ossetia be afraid of a repetition of the August events? What needs to be done to minimize such a risk, if any, experts, political scientists of the Republic explained in a commentary to IA “Res”.

A student of St. Petersburg State University, a young performer from South Ossetia Oleg Pliev took part in the art cluster Tavrida. Pliev told reporters about the forum of young cultural and art workers "Tavrida - 2022" and shared his plans for the future.

The photo exhibition "Thank you, Russia!" dedicated to the 14th anniversary of the start of Georgia's military aggression against South Ossetia will be held in the capital of South Ossetia. This was reported to IA “Res” by director of the National Museum of the Republic Merab Zasseev.

According to him, the exhibition will open on August 7 at 19.00 in one of the halls of the National Museum.

The signing of the Cooperation Agreement between the Embassy of the Republic of South Ossetia and the Library of Foreign Literature took place in Moscow.

According to the press service of the Embassy, ​​the signing ceremony took place in the reading room of the Center for Rare Books and Collections "Gutenberg Universe".

The Cooperation Agreement implies the creation of conditions for the implementation of cultural, and educational programs and projects between the Embassy and the Library.

Two violators of the state border of South Ossetia were handed over to the Georgian authorities after the trial and sentencing.

"Citizens of Georgia Gogichashvili Tamaz Zaurovich, born in 1973, resident of the village of Avlevi, Karelian municipality and Megrelishvili Zaza Nodarovich, born in 1971, resident of Tbilisi, were detained on December 15, 2021 in the vicinity of the village of Lopan, Znaur district for violating the regime of the state border of the Republic and smuggling tobacco products," the KGB of the Republic said in the message published in the telegram channel.

On the occasion of the 14th anniversary of Georgia's military aggression against South Ossetia, the Embassy of the Republic of South Ossetia in the Russian Federation sent a press release to all diplomatic missions accredited in the Russian Federation, as well as to the Georgian Interests Section at the Embassy of Switzerland.

"These days, the Republic of South Ossetia, the entire Ossetian people, united by historical memory and duty to past and future generations, once again remembers and pays tribute to the memory of the innocent victims of the August 2008 Georgian aggression.

August 2008. How it has remained in our memory

On the night of August 7, 2008, when heavy shelling began, several people hid in the basement of the house of a resident of the village of Dmenis in the Tskhinval district of South Ossetia, Zaira Khuriyeva.

Prime Minister Konstantin Dzhussoev, during his working visit to Moscow, met with the Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Maxim Reshetnikov, with whom he discussed the agenda for the socio-economic development of the Republic.

This was reported by the press service of the Cabinet.

The parties reaffirmed their mutual intention to comprehensively strengthen the South Ossetian-Russian relations of strategic partnership and alliance.

In Moscow, on August 4, an Agreement was signed between Russia and South Ossetia on promoting the implementation of the State Program for the Socio-Economic Development of the Republic of South Ossetia for 2022-2025, the press service of the government reports.

For the South Ossetian part, the document was signed by Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Economic Development Dzambolat Tadtaev, for the Russian part - Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov.