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The border authorities of South Ossetia detained and expelled back a citizen of Georgia who violated the state border, the press service of the State Security Committee reported on Monday.

"On February 26, in the evening, in the vicinity of the village of Orchosan, Leningor district of the RSO, the border authorities of the Republic detained a citizen of Georgia Amiran Mantashashvili, born in 1992, a resident of Tbilisi, who had illegally crossed into the territory of South Ossetiao.

In South Ossetia, extreme surprise was caused by the speech of the leader of the "Essence of Time" movement Sergei Kurginyan, aired on the Russian TV channel "Russia 1" on February 25 on the air of the talk show "Evening with Vladimir Solovyov", which contained incorrect and inadmissible formulations of a dubious nature about South Ossetia with a mention of the public authority - the leadership of the Presidential Executive Office of South Ossetia. This is stated in the commentary of the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic to the news agency "Res".

The number of people infected with the new coronavirus in South Ossetia on the last day of the working week was 13, Anna Gagloeva, Deputy head of the South Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee, said on Monday.

"On February 26, 167 tests were carried out in the Republic, of which 13 were positive. Thus, the total number of cases of coronavirus in the Republic increased to 3046," Gagloeva said.

In Tskhinval, a protocol was signed on amending the Agreement between the government of the Donetsk People's Republic and the government of the Republic of South Ossetia on the mutual recognition of education. The agreement provides for expanding cooperation in the field of education and science of the two countries.

The number of detected cases of coronavirus infection COVID-19 in South Ossetia increased by 7 in a day, 6 more recovered, Anna Gagloeva, Deputy head of the South Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee, said on Friday.

"In the \Republic, as of February 26, 2021, 3,033 cases of coronavirus disease COVID-19 were recorded. Over the past day, 123 tests were carried out, 7 of them showed a positive result," Gagloeva said.

According to her, for the entire time of the pandemic, 18,243 tests were carried out, 2,155 people were discharged from hospitals, more than 60 died.

The state media of South Ossetia on the pages of their publications, on television and radio, on Internet resources and social networks, transmitted, published reports, eyewitness stories, archival materials throughout 2020, declared in the Republic as the Year of Remembrance of the genocide of the Ossetian people carried out by Georgia. This was announced by Maya Kharebova, Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Information and Press, at the reporting meeting following the results of the department's activities.

The Tbilisi regime, using the capabilities of its special services, is trying to neutralize the activities of independent media and civil society activists monitoring the situation along the state border line between South Ossetia and Georgia, the State Security Committee of South Ossetia said on Thursday.

Issues related to the preparations for the next round of Geneva discussions, scheduled for the end of March this year, were discussed at a video link between the Plenipotentiary of the President of South Ossetia for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev on Wednesday with the co-chair of the Geneva discussions on security and stability in Transcaucasia, the representative of the Swedish chairmanship OSCE by Annika Söder.

Over the past day, 17 cases of COVID-19 infection have been detected coronavirus in the Republic, the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection in the Republic has reached 3,025, Anna Gagloeva, Deputy Head of the South Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee, said on Wednesday.

"In total, 115 tests were carried out in a day, for the entire period of the pandemic - 18052. During the day, 8 people who had had coronavirus were removed from the register, the total number of the recovered people is 2137," Gagloeva said.

The ceremonial formation of servicemen, timed to coincide with the Defender of the Fatherland Day and the 28th anniversary of the formation of the defense department, was held on the parade ground of the Ministry of Defense of South Ossetia.

The General Director of the Charitable Foundation "Under the Protection of the Mother of God" Yevgeny Korolev handed over the relics of St. George the Victorious to the Supreme Commander. Priest Father Sergiy read prayers before the event, and then sprinkled holy water on the soldiers of the Ministry of Defense and all those present.