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Ossetian wrestlers Arslan Bagaev (86 kg) and Arsamag Zaseev (125 kg) will perform as part of the Russian national team at the European Championship in wrestling under 21 years old. The championship will take place in Germany on June 28th.

In the "classics" competition, Ossetia will be represented by the current national champion Vadim Bogov (63 kg). In the ranks of the women's national team, Alina Kasabieva (62 kg), who became the best in April of this year in Naro-Fominsk at the championship of the Russian Federation, will take to the carpet.

Political forces and NGOs of Georgia provoke the family of Zaza Gakheladze, who is serving a sentence in South Ossetia, to illegal actions, thereby aggravating the situation and politicizing the issue, Deputy Presidential Envoy for Post-Conflict Settlement Yegor Kochiev told the “Res” news agency.

On June 17, the leader of the Georgian public movement “Strength in Unity”, David Katsarava, on his Facebook page announced another provocative initiative on June 23, allegedly aimed at encouraging the Georgian leadership to take more active steps to release the convict.

The South Ossetian Foreign Ministry calls on the EU Observer Mission in Georgia to take measures to prevent another Georgian adventure and prevent a dangerous development of events. This is stated in a statement issued by the Foreign Ministry on Tuesday.

South Ossetian Defense Minister Ibrahim Gasseev will take part in the IX Moscow Conference on International Security MCIS-2021. According to the press service of the defense department, the invitation was received from Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

The International Forum is held by Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation on June 22-24. In his address to the conference participants, Sergei Shoigu has noted that the most pressing problems and trends in the field of international military policy will traditionally be discussed.

The KGB of South Ossetia announced on Tuesday that any provocations on the state border of the Republic will be suppressed within the framework of the law.

The next initiatives of Georgia in South Ossetia are considered as another humanitarian aid to the budget of several dozen Tbilisi families, Foreign Minister of the Republic Dmitry Medoev said in a comment to the" Res" news agency.

"It seems that the classic expression -" the West will help us "is taking on real shape ...", - said the Minister.

Medoev has reminded that the Republic has already gone through a number of similar projects, starting from the time of the early Saakashvili (the then president of Georgia).

On the Day of Memory and Grief on June 22, a number of significant events will be held in South Ossetia, prepared by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic.

As Minister of Culture Zhanna Zasseeva has informed the IA "Res", the theatrical performance "Requiem" was prepared jointly with the Ministry of Education of the Republic, which will be shown on June 22 at 19:00 in the assembly hall of the Tskhinval gymnasium "Albion".

The events of the Army-2021 international military-technical forum will be held for the first time at the sites of the Southern Military District in South Ossetia, Vadim Astafyev, the head of the press service of the Southern Military District, told reporters.

On Sunday, on the Day of Remembrance of the victims of the genocide of Ossetians, flowers and wreaths were laid at the monument to 13 Communards at the Zguder cemetery in South Ossetia.

The decree establishing a memorable date - June 20 was signed by the head of state - Anatoly Bibilov in 2020. The past year was also declared the "Year of Remembrance" in connection with the centenary of the genocide of Ossetians, carried out in 1920 by the Georgian Democratic Republic.

The events dedicated to the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Genocide will begin on June 20 at 10:00 am with the laying of flowers at the monument to 13 Communards at the Zguder Cemetery, the press service of the South Ossetian Ministry of Culture told the IA “Res”.

“On Theatre Square, places will be determined where everyone will be able to light candles during the day, thereby paying tribute to the memory of the victims of the genocide,” the agency's source said.