Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko and the OSCE Co-Chair at the International Geneva Discussions on Security and Stability in Transcaucasia, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office for the South Caucasus, Annika Söder, discussed by phone on Friday topical issues on the agenda of the Geneva Discussions.
In the village of Khslit in South Ossetia, explosive objects were found, which were destroyed by sappers on the spot, Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic told the news agency" Res".
“Three unexploded PG-7 shells and 60 VOG-25 shells were found in the village of Khslit, Znaur district. The shells were destroyed on the spot, by sappers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations” the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported.
The Ministry of Emergency Situations has also noted that they liquidated the fire of the gas cylinder.
According to the results of 47 tests in the PCR laboratory of the South Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee, no patients with coronavirus have been detected in a day, the head of the department Marina Kochieva told IA “Res”.
According to her, six people were removed from the medical register in a day, the total number of those removed from the register to date is 2,963.
“333 patients remain under observation. To date, the total number of detected cases of coronavirus in South Ossetia is 3296 people,” said Kochieva.
On Thursday President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov during a working meeting with Acting Minister of Health and Social Development Georgy Totchiev discussed the terms of delivery of the Sputnik V vaccine to South Ossetia.
The film "Survive Cannot Perish" which tells about the events of August 2008 in South Ossetia, was included in the competition program of the international festival of Orthodox cinema "Golden Knight". As the director of the film Angelina Tsalikova-Bitarova told IA "Res", the film was included in the program of "full-length feature films", the festival itself will be held from May 22.
The Union of National (People's) Professional Creative Groups of Russia expressed gratitude to President of the Republic Anatoly Bibilov for the support of the Boris Galaev State Song and Dance Group of South Ossetia, which performed with great success in Dagestan in April 2021. The corresponding letter was received by the head of state.
The cameraman from South Ossetia Alan Kasoev received a special diploma for the best camerawork on the film "Spiridon" at the online film festival "Double dv @". As Kasoev himself told IA"Res", the festival had been taking place from 6 to 20 April, and the program included eleven full-length and thirteen short films by Russian directors.
“To be honest, the award was completely unexpected for me. It is very pleasant that the jury appreciated our work,” he said.
At the session on Wednesday, Deputies of the South Ossetian Parliament approved the candidacies for the joint conciliation commission of the Parliament and the government on delimitation and demarcation of the state border of the Republic from the legislative body.
Chairman of the Defense and Security Committee Atsamaz Bibilov has noted that the candidates were presented by parliamentary factions.
President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov has met with the representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on missing persons in the Caucasus Daniel McSweeney, the press service of the head of state reports.
The head of state has noted that he highly appreciates the work of the ICRC in the search for missing persons, but at the same time expressed regret that there was no effective progress.
At the Z. Vaneev South Ossetian Research Institute suggest that the remains found on Monday near the village of Kheit in Tskhinval district, date back to the 14-15th centuries AD.
“Unfortunately, there were no accompanying materials with the remains, such as ceramics, so that we could tell exactly what period they belong to. In the burial, several individuals were found in stone boxes. Such stone boxes were placed at burials in the Middle Ages, so we assume that the remains date back to the 14-15th centuries, "Director of the Research Institute Robert Gagloev told IA " Res ".
