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The South Ossetian delegation is taking part in the events to mark the 800th anniversary of Nizhny Novgorod.

According to the press service of the government of the Republic, the South Ossetian delegation

headed by Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Economic Development Dzambolat Tadtaev is at the anniversary of the city on the invitation of the Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Gleb Nikitin.

The celebrations are being held in all districts of the Nizhny Novgorod region from August 19 to August 21.

The team of the Ministry of Defense of South Ossetia, which includes the servicemen of the Special Forces Battalion, arrived in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic to participate in the competition of the International Army Games - 2021 "The Elbrus Ring".

According to the press service of the Defense Ministry, the South Ossetian servicemen will perform in the international stage of the competition among the teams not in full strength and will perform only one of a number of special tasks “High-speed race along the route Azau glade (2356 meters) - Elbrus summit (5642 M) ".

Arrivals of the crews of the South Ossetian Ministry of Defense team at the Tank Biathlon competition of the International Army Games-2021 will start on August 24.

According to the press service of the Defense Ministry, at the initial stage, South Ossetian tankers will perform in an individual race: the first crew on the 24th at 11:00, the second and third on the 26th and 28th, respectively. The semi-final and final relay races will start on August 31st.

n the Republican Multidisciplinary Medical Center of South Ossetia, the award ceremony was held for medical workers who were fighting for the life and health of patients with COVID-19 in the "red zone".

The medals "For the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic" were presented by the Chairman of the Government of South Ossetia Gennady Bekoev, who thanked the doctors for their selfless work.

On Monday, President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov awarded the two-time world champion, winner of the gold medal of the Olympic Games in Tokyo Zaurbek Sidakov with the Order of Friendship.

The high award was also presented to Artur Naifonov, bronze medalist of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in freestyle wrestling.

The Judoka Madina Taymazova and a tennis player Aslan Karatsev will also receive the Order of Friendship.

President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov met with Zaur Abduragimov, Chairman of the interregional public organization "Federation of service and applied training of security forces" K-9 ", the press service of the head of state reported.

Greeting the guest, Anatoly Bibilov noted that Zaur Abduragimov had done a lot for South Ossetia in terms of the development of sports, which cannot but arouse gratitude from the entire people of the Republic.

The program of the project "Hello, Russia!" with the participation of representatives of the youth of South Ossetia has ended in Moocow. According to the Russian Center for Science and Culture, the participants of the program from South Ossetia saw the great interest of guys from other countries towards the Republic.

A presentation prepared in advance with the assistance of the radio director Alan Tskhovrebov helped the young people from South Ossetia to tell about their native land.

South Ossetian cadets of the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School named after General of the Army V.F. Margelov will take part in the international stages of the Airborne Platoon, Marine Assault and Tactical Shooter competitions of the International Army Games - 2021.

According to the press service of the Defense Ministry, the South Ossetian servicemen in these competitions are not among the teams at full strength.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia Dmitry Medoev sent a message to Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Crimea - Permanent Representative of the Republic of Crimea to President of Russia Georgy Muradov on behalf of the South Ossetian branch of the Friends of Crimea International Association, the press service of the Republic's diplomatic department reported.

As of August 16, 60 patients with COVID-19 are being treated in the "red zone" of the Republican Multidisciplinary Medical Center of South Ossetia, Eleonora Dzhioeva, the chief infectious disease specialist of the republic, told the “Res” news agency.

“Over the past day, three patients were hospitalized in the infectious diseases building of the Republic's medical center, and three people were also discharged for outpatient follow-up care. There is one patient in the intensive care ward,” said Dzhioeva.