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President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov congratulated President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro on the upcoming bright holiday of Christmas and New Year 2022, the press service of the head of state reported.

“I congratulate you and the people of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on the upcoming bright holiday of Christmas and the New Year 2022 - invariably bright holidays of goodness, faith, hope and love.

Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation and Ministry of Justice of the Republic of South Ossetia signed the Cooperation Program for 2022-2023 in the format of video conferencing. According to the press service of the Ministry of Justice, the document was signed by Minister of Justice of the Republic Zalina Lalieva and Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation Konstantin Chuichenko.

South Ossetian President Anatoly Bibilov expressed condolences to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in connection with the tragic death of the Russian servicemen as a result of an avalanche on Tuesday in the South Ossetian section of the Transkam.

On Tuesday, President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov awarded the builders of the Zar bypass road, which had been put into operation 30 years ago.

The head of state has noted that it is rightfully called the "Road of Life", as it has become a salvation for hundreds of refugees.

Moscow will continue to cooperate with South Ossetia in the fight against coronavirus, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at the meeting with South Ossetian Foreign Minister Dmitry Medoev.

"On the very issue of combating coronavirus infection, we note that through the efforts of your and our doctors, thanks to the supply of the Russian vaccine, the situation has stabilized, the process of infection has begun to decline. We will continue to work in this direction," Lavrov said at the meeting.

Trade turnover between Russia and South Ossetia in the first half of this year increased by 70%. This was stated on Monday by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, opening talks with South Ossetian Foreign Minister Dmitry Medoev.

"I would like to note that our trade turnover is growing. For the first half of the year, by almost 70%. There are chances by the end of the year to reach indicators that will significantly exceed the dock-like ones (in 2019, the Russian-South Ossetian trade turnover amounted to 78.793 million dollars - approx. TASS)", - he said.

On December 20, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet with the Foreign Ministers of South Ossetia and Abkhazia Dmitry Medoev and Inal Ardzinba. This is stated in the message of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic issued on Sunday.

"On December 20, are scheduled the meetings of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. V. Lavrov with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia D. N. Medoev and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia I. B. Ardzinba," the ministry stated.

At the A.A. Tibilov South Ossetian State University,with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic, the event dedicated to the memory of Vladimir Zakharov, a well-known scientist-historian, professor, a member of the Union of Writers of Russia, an expert in the field of geopolitics of the Caucasus, a senior researcher at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the press service of the university reported.

Russian compatriots from South Ossetia took part in the International Forum of Russian Compatriots Living Abroad “New Realities - New Opportunities”. The Forum was held in the capital of Belarus - Minsk, as well as Gomel from December 10 to 16 and brought together about a hundred participants from the post-Soviet countries: Moldova, Belarus, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Ukraine, Turkmenistan, Abkhazia, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.

In Moscow, a protocol was signed on amending the agreement between the Ministry of Finance of South Ossetia and the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia on the procedure for providing financial assistance for socio-economic development of South Ossetia dated May 7, 2020 and a protocol on amending the agreement between the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of South Ossetia and the RF Ministry of Socio- Economic Development on the procedure for providing financial assistance to South Ossetia in order to implement budgetary investments and support investment activities dated May 7, 202