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20 applications were submitted to the competition between the RFBR and the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of South Ossetia

More than 30 projects of Russian scientists with colleagues from France, Hungary, South Ossetia and Vietnam in the field of the humanities and social sciences will receive grants from 700 thousand to 1.5 million rubles. within 1-3 years from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR). The results of the competitions were published on Friday on the Foundation's website.

Georgian police officers are increasing their presence in the border areas, creating several stronger points, one of which is located on the territory of South Ossetia, said the head of the South Ossetian delegation, Yegor Kochiev, after the 98th meeting in the IPRM format ended and the first in 2021.

According to Kochiev, recent meetings are held in an incomplete format, this is due to the difficult epidemiological situation in connection with the spread of coronavirus infection.

A meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) is taking place on the South Ossetian-Georgian border. According to the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy of South Ossetia for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev, this is the first meeting in 2021.

“Due to the coronavirus pandemic, last year, only two face-to-face meetings were held, although the hotline is constantly communicating. Representatives of the OSCE and the EU assured us that they would take all necessary measures to ensure security from the coronavirus,” the Plenipotentiary said.

Ministry of Agriculture of South Ossetia is planning to hold a scientific conference on agriculture, said Acting Minister of Agriculture Alan Margiev during a briefing in Tskhinval.

“The main problematic issues will be discussed and the ways of their solution from the scientific point of view will be outlined,” Margiev noted.

The number of new cases of coronavirus infection in South Ossetia has increased by 21 in a day. In total, 3081 infected people have been identified in the Republic since the beginning of the pandemic, Anna Gagloeva, Deputy Head of the South Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee, said on Thursday.

A day earlier, 10 infected were revealed, According to the Committee, 95 tests were conducted the day before.

At the plenary session on Wednesday the Federation Council approved the law on ratification of the agreement with South Ossetia on the mutual recognition of documents on disability of former employees of the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of both countries.

The issue of clarifying the fate of South Ossetian citizens, who are listed to be missing since 2008, is important and relevant, and is raised at every round of the Geneva discussions, - said Presidential Envoy of South Ossetia for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev.

The Plenipotentiary said that within the framework of the visit to South Ossetia of the co-chairs of the Geneva discussions, the diplomats had met with the relatives of the missing citizens of South Ossetia.

President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov on the air of the State TV and Radio Broadcasting Company "Ir" commented on the statement of the leader of the "Essence of Time" movement Sergei Kurginyan regarding the fact that "the CIA is fooling around" in the Republic.

The South Ossetian Kosta Khetagurov State Drama Theater, on the invitation of the A. Yablochkin Central House of Actor. will hold "Days of the Ossetian Theater on Arbat" in Moscow, the artistic director of the South Ossetian State Drama Theater Tamerlan Dzudtsov told IA" Res"

The number of new cases of coronavirus infection in South Ossetia has increased by 10 in a day. In total, 3,060 infected people have been identified in the Republic since the beginning of the pandemic, Anna Gagloeva, Deputy Head of the South Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee, said on Wednesday.

A day earlier, 4 infected were identified. According to the Committee, 88 tests were conducted the day before.

During the day, 413 people were removed from the register, in total, 2577, who were under the supervision of doctors, recovered. 483 people remain under observation.