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The state security Committee of the Republic of South Ossetia declares a dangerous trend associated with a sharp change in the operational situation on the state border with Georgia in the area of the settlement of Uista (Tsnelis), due to the unjustified use of firearms by Georgian law enforcement agencies, conducting reconnaissance using various modern UAV systems, exerting pressure on the population of the Georgian border settlements of Chorchana, Kobi and Koda in order to make groundless and provocative accusations against South Ossetia, as well as systematic misinformation of the Georgi

Natalya Zhuykova, Chairman of the Coordination Council of Russian Compatriots in South Ossetia, took part in the World Thematic Conference of Foreign Russian Compatriots “Compatriots and Continuity of Generations”.

As Natalya Zhuykova told the Res news agency, the conference had been held from October 30 to October 31 in Moscow.

The incident in the Georgian village of Koda is a direct continuation of the provocation and escalation of tension policy launched by Tbilisi at the end of August 2019 by setting up an illegal post near the South Ossetian village of Uista (Tsnelis).

During these three months, Georgia demonstrated to South Ossetia and the entire international community the whole set of cliches and tactical steps with which, in theory, the armed confrontation begins.

The Tbilisi regime posed a real threat to regional security, the innocent victims of which are ordinary citizens of Georgia living in the territory bordering South Ossetia

Information received by the state security Committee of the Republic of South Ossetia indicates that the fact of the use of automatic weapons on November 5 in the Koda settlement of the Khashur municipality of the Shida Kartli region of Georgia, bordering on South Ossetia, is connected with an armed incident between the Georgian interior Ministry and the local Georgian population.

In the city of Reichenau (Austria), on Thursday started the 20th seminar of the research group “Regional Stability in the South Caucasus”. The seminar will last until November 10, Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia Dmitry Medvedev is taking part in its work, the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports.

The theme of the seminar: "Concrete steps to break the impasse in the South Caucasus." Dmitry Medoev will make a report “South Ossetia - History and Modern Realities”.

The KGB of the Republic fixes the transfer of equipment and the rotation of the personnel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia at the illegal strong point

The Georgian side, despite Tbilisi’s repeated assurances of its commitment to a peaceful and diplomatic settlement of the so-called “Tsnelis crisis,” inspired by the Georgian special services, continues to implement an irresponsible policy of petty provocations aimed at destabilizing the situation in the region, the KGB of the Republic said on Wednesday.

The Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy of South Ossetia for post-conflict settlement, the head of the South Ossetian delegation in the IPRM format, Yegor Kochiev commented on publications in the Georgian media regarding the situation on the state border of the Republic of South Ossetia with Georgia.

Murat Dzhioev, Presidential Plenipotentiary of Envoy of South Ossetia for post-conflict settlement, received the head of the representative office of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Republic Ashot Astabatsyan, the press service of the Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement reports.

Sarmat Ikaev is preparing for the junior championship which will be held in spring in Finland. The South Ossetian athlete recently won the deadlift at the World Cup in зowerlifting, where he performed in the weight class up to 125 kg in the age group of athletes under 23 years old. He was able to perform traction with a barbell weighing 285 kg.

Georgy Tibilov, an employee of the Committee on Youth Policy, Sports and Tourism of South Ossetia, who oversees the tourism sector, and Inal Makoyev, lector of the South- Ossetian State University, represented South Ossetia at the VI International Forum of Public Diplomacy "Dialogue on the Volga: Peace and Understanding in the 21st Century" held in Volgograd.