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The activities of the Lugar laboratory in Georgia raises serious concerns and questions, Alan Margiev, Minister of Agriculture of South Ossetia, told reporters.

“We do not know what they are doing there, what activities this laboratory is conducting. We have noted earlier that since the completion of the construction of this laboratory in Georgia, various diseases of livestock have been noted on the territory of our Republic, including African swine fever, lumpy skin disease, the appearance of a brown marble bug was recorded, "Margiev said.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko and the head of the US delegation to the International Geneva Discussions on Security and Stability in Transcaucasia, Andrew Shofer, discussed the regional agenda at their meeting on Tuesday, including interaction in the format of the Geneva Discussions.

"An interested exchange of views took place on topical topics of the regional agenda with an emphasis on interaction in the format of the Geneva discussions," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

The meeting was held at the request of the American side.

A bilateral agreement on cooperation and interaction between the Public Chambers of the Republic of South Ossetia and the Donetsk People's Republic was signed by the heads of the chambers Sergey Kudziev and Alexander Kofman.

The issue of mutual recognition with Russia of certificates of vaccination against coronavirus issued to residents of South Ossetia will be resolved in the near future, relevant appeals have been sent to the Russian government, the Health Minister of the Republic Soslan Naniev said at the briefing in Tskhinval.

Gassiev has a serious opponent, but our sportsman is in good shape, the Russian boxer's coach Vitaly Slanov commented to the "Res" agency about the upcoming fight.

Murat Gassiev will enter the ring against the WBO European heavyweight champion Michael Wallisch - this is another step towards the return of the Russian champion to the top.

On July 21, before the fight for the WBA Asia title, Murat Gassiev and his opponent Michael Wallisch were weighed. As a result of the procedure, Gassiev "outweighed" Wallisha - the Russian weighs 106.5 kilograms, Wallisch - 102.6 kilograms.

The State Security Committee of South Ossetia drew attention to the provocative statements of the representatives of the Tbilisi regime regarding the pardon of the citizen of Georgia Zaza Gakheladze.

South Ossetian Foreign Minister Dmitry Medoev, during a working trip to Moscow, on the invitation of the Nicaraguan side, took part in the reception on the occasion of the 42nd anniversary of the victory of the Sandinista revolution, which was held at the Embassy of the Republic of Nicaragua in the Russian Federation.

According to the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic, on Tuesday Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Nicaragua Denis Moncada Colindres, who is in Moscow on an official visit, attended the reception.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia Dmitry Medoev sent a congratulatory message to Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Nicaragua Denis Ronaldo Moncada Colindres on the occasion of the Sandinista Revolution Day, the press service of the Foreign Ministry reported.

The South Ossetian Foreign Minister stressed the significance of the date for the people of Nicaragua.

President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov met on Monday with a delegation of science fiction writers from the Donetsk People's Republic, who arrived in South Ossetia in the framework of cooperation and development of relations in the field of culture. The delegation from Donetsk is headed by the Chairman of the DPR Public Chamber Alexander Kofman, the press service of the head of state reports.

Anatoly Bibilov greeted the guests and wished them to spend their time in South Ossetia interesting and eventful.

Four South Ossetian arm wrestlers are preparing for the World Championship, scheduled for the fall,” the coach of the athletes Valery Dzhioev told the “Res” news agency.

A large sporting event will take place in Batum from 17 to 26 September. Our athletes will participate as part as the Russian national team. The strongest arm wrestlers will perform at the competition: Soslan Gassiev, Arsen Khabalov, Batradz Pliev and Milena Doguzova.

“We are training actively, twice a day. We will try to perform with dignity,” said the coach.