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Defense Minister of South Ossetia Ibragim Gasseev was awarded the Russian Order of Friendship, the corresponding decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin was published on the official portal of legal information.

"To award the Order of Friendship to Ibragim Alimbegovich Gasseev, Minister of Defense of the Republic of South Ossetia, for his great contribution to the development of the Russian-South Ossetian military and military-technical cooperation," reads the text of the decree.

The programs that are being implemented in South Ossetia with the help of the Russian Federation will have a positive effect on the life of every resident in the Republic, President of the Republic Anatoly Bibilov said on Wednesday at the expanded meeting with the participation of Deputy Secretary of the RF Security Council Rashid Nurgaliev. Head of the Presidential Office for Interregional and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries Igor Maslov and other members of the Russian delegation who had arrived in the Republic.

In October, 19 violators of the law in the border sphere were detained at various sections of the state border of South Ossetia (in September - 48), according to the statement of the State Security Committee of South Ossetia on Wednesday.

During his working visit to the Italian Republic, Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia Dmitry Medoev met with the Secretary of the National Association of the Italian Anti-Fascist Partisans (ANPI) Milena of Russia and the head of the veterans' council of the organization Luciano Tribbi. According to the press service of the Republic's Foreign Ministry, the meeting was held in the city of Pesaro.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia Dmitry Medoev is on a working visit to the Italian Republic since November 22 on the invitation of a group of deputies of the Italian parliament, the press service of the Foreign Ministry reported.

During the visit, a number of meetings are planned, including with members of the Italy-South Ossetia-Alania Friendship Association, the all-Italian organization of anti-fascist partisans, a number of members of the Italian and regional parliaments.

South Ossetian President Anatoly Bibilov called on the defenders of the Fatherland, who defended the independence and sovereignty of the Republic since November 23, 1989, to organize a public organization so that there would be no more misinterpretations about who exactly blocked the path of the thousands of the Georgian many thousands crowd. The President announced this at the rally timed to coincide with the 32nd anniversary of the Day of Courage and National Unity.

The events dedicated to the Day of Courage and National Unity, the day of the beginning of the struggle of the people of South Ossetia for independence, were held at the Zguder Heights at the entrance to the capital of South Ossetia.

South Ossetian arm wrestlers will perform at the World Championships in Romania. The coach of the athletes Valery Dzhioev informed the IA "Res" about it. The sporting event, will be held in Bucharest from November 24 to December 3.

Arsen Khabalov went to the competition on Monday, he will perform in the + 80 kg weight ckass, Batradz Pliev will perform in the +85 kg weight class and Soslan Gassiev in the +110 kg weight class.

The Commission on delimitation and demarcation of the border of South Ossetia with Georgia is not fully involved in the work, and its members were not familiarized with the materials of the working group before being submitted to the parliamentary session. In addition, the commission is working without a Regulation. This was told to IA "Res" by the members of the Commission.

Yegor Kochiev, the head of the South Ossetian delegation at the meetings in the IPRM format, is sure that first it is necessary to complete the work on the border and then discuss the information received.

A solemn ceremony of awarding servicemen in honor of the Day of Courage and National Unity was held at the Defense Ministry of South Ossetia, the press service of the defense department reported.

An important date symbolizing the solidarity of the South Ossetian people against the Georgian aggression is marked on 23 November.