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The Embassy of the Russian Federation in South Ossetia held a reception dedicated to the Day of Russia.

Representatives of the leadership of South Ossetia headed by President Alan Gagloev, employees of the ministries, departments, universities, educational institutions, ex-presidents Leonid Tibilov and Anatoly Bibilov, guests from Russia were invited to the event.

The Russian Ambassador to South Ossetia Marat Kulakhmetov addressed the audience with congratulations.

Interior Minister of South Ossetia Valery Gazzaev held a meeting with the director of the Joint Information and Coordination Center of the Internal Affairs Bodies of Russia and South Ossetia Vasily Shepelev, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reports. The Director of the ICC acquainted the Minister with the structure and main goals and objectives of the Center.

The Committee of the Parliament of South Ossetia on Legislation, Legality and Local Self-government discussed on Friday the issue of the President's nomination of Konstantin Dzhussoev for appointment to the post of Prime Minister, the press service of the legislative body reports.

The agenda of the meeting has also included questions about the dismissal of the Prosecutor General of the Republic Magomed Bagaev and the removal of Timur Kokoity from the CEC of the Republic.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia has condemned the Georgia-initiated resolution "The situation of the internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinval district South Ossetia, Georgia".

The document was adopted within the framework of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly.

Rosmolodezh signed a Memorandums of understanding with South Ossetia on youth exchange programs and strengthening the work in the field of youth policy, as well as with the youth departments of the LPR, DPR and Abkhazia.

"Memorandums of understanding between the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodezh) and the republics of South Ossetia, Abkhazia, the Donetsk and the Lugansk People's Republics were signed at the Eurasia Global International Youth Forum," the statement of Rosmolodezh reads.

Citizens of the Russian Federation and South Ossetia will be able to acquire second citizenship on a reciprocal basis without renouncing their passport. The corresponding law on the ratification of the agreement between Russia and South Ossetia on the settlement of issues of dual citizenship came into force on June 8, The Parliamentary newspaper writes about it.

Representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, headed by First Deputy Minister Major General Gennady Tigiyev, and officers of the OMON named after Vadim Gazzaev laid wreaths and flowers at the obelisk to the fallen OMON officers.

The issue of removing the illegal Georgian police post on the territory of South Ossetia near the village of Uista (Tsnelis) is raised by the South Ossetian party at each meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism format. This was reported to journalists by the head of the South Ossetian delegation, Deputy Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy for post-conflict settlement Yegor Kochiev.

The days of Ossetian culture were held on the weekend in Novorossiysk — with colorful music, an excursion into history, beautiful costumes and national treats, the official website of the city administration reports.

The event took place thanks to the victory of the national public organization of Ossetians in the competition of municipal grants, as well as with the support of the Novorossiysk city public center.

The city theater became the main venue for the events. Here the audience was presented with a documentary film "Ossetia and the Ossetians of Novorossiysk".

The incidents that occurred on both sides of the state border of South Ossetia and Georgia on Tuesday will be discussed at the next meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms (IPRM), the office of the authorized representative for post-conflict settlement issues told the IA “Res”