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Recently, a certain Levan Mikeladze Foundation held an annual online conference "Georgia and its Neighborhood", where the US First Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Bigan made a statement that Georgia and the United States of America should redouble their efforts so that the Russian Federation would withdraw the decision on recognition of the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

South Ossetian Foreign Minister Dmitry Medoev, at the request of the "Res" news agency, commented on the statement of the American official, calling it "a broken record."

During the day, the tests for coronavirus for the quarantined citizens of South Ossetia showed a negative result, Deputy Head of the South-Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee Anna Gagloeva told IA “Res” on Wednesday.

"The day before, 45 tests were carried out, all of them negative. The studies will continue on Wednesday," Gagloeva said.

Since May, 89 infected with coronavirus have been detected in the Republic; all of them recovered and were discharged from medical institutions.

There are no new cases of coronavirus in South Ossetia, all 89 citizens who had previously become ill recovered and were discharged from the hospital, deputy head of the South-Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee Anna Gagloeva told IA “Res” on Tuesday.

There are 192 people under medical supervision; all of them are in quarantine in the Republic's medical institutions and the hotel "Alan.

"There are no patients in the isolation ward with a laboratory-confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19, the nurse from the" red zone "was discharged the day before," Gagloeva said.

No new cases of coronavirus were recorded In South Ossetia, 70 tests over the weekend are negative, Anna Gagloeva, Head of the South-Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee told IA “Res” on Monday. .

There are 188 people under medical supervision; all of them are in quarantine in the Republic's medical institutions and the hotel "Alan.

"In the isolation ward, a nurse from the" red zone "with a laboratory-confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 has been continuing treatment for more than three weeks, she is on the mend," Gagloeva said.

The Association of Teachers of Russian Language and Literature (APRYAL YO) and the editorial board of the journal "Russian Word in South Ossetia" headed by Khansiat Kodalaeva are preparing the next issue of a specialized journal dedicated to the centenary of the genocide of the Ossetian people perpetrated by the Georgian authorities in 1920, President of he Association Zalina Tedeeva told the IA "Res".

On August 8, on the territory of the Embassy of the Republic of South Ossetia in Moscow, the State flag of the Republic of South Ossetia was lowered. According to the press service of the diplomatic mission, the participants of the commemorative action honored the memory of the victims with a minute of silence.

The memory of civilians, militias and peacekeepers, killed during the Georgian military aggression against South Ossetia in 2008 was honored with a minute of silence on Saturday night, the Novosti Pridnestrovya news agency reported.

According to the agency, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PMR Vitaly Ignatiev, representatives of departments and public organizations took part in the mourning event in front of the South Ossetian representation in the PMR.

President of Abkhazia Aslan Bzhania visited the South Ossetian Embassy in Sukhum on Saturday and honored the memory of those killed during the Georgian aggression in August 2008, the press service of the President of the Republic reports.

"Today we are marking a tragic date in the history of the brotherly people of South Ossetia. 12 years ago, on August 8, 2008, under cover of night, Georgian troops invaded the sleeping peaceful Tskhinval. Innocent people died, including children, women and old people." - said the head of Abkhazia.

The action "Sacred Places of Our Memory" took place in South Ossetia. Representatives of the Republic's leadership led by President Anatoly Bibilov, heads of the law enforcement agencies, servicemen laid flowers and wreaths at the monuments to heroes, the places where the defenders of the Fatherland perished during the war in August 2008.

It was absolutely unacceptable to allow Transcaucasia to become a powder keg, said Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Russian security Council and leader of the United Russia party, speaking about the decision to protect Abkhazia and South Ossetia in 2008.

Medvedev on Saturday called "essentially a declaration of war on the Russian Federation" the events of 12 years ago in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, "when Russia responded to the criminal behavior of the then president of Georgia."