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Abkhazia and South Ossetia made their sovereign choice back in 2008, after the regime of Mikheil Saakashvili tried to forcefully return one of these republics to Georgia and threatened the other with similar actions, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin noted in the interview with the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper, commenting on the statement of the Georgian Prime Minister I. Kobakhidze that his government “intends to return Abkhazia and the Tskhinval region to the country.”

Within the framework of the Days of the Ossetian Culture in Europe,the exhibition of the Ossetian artists has ended in Luxembourg. The representative of the South Ossetian Foreign Ministry in the Benelux countries, Chairman of the International Non-Profit Association “Renaissance”, Radion Pukhaev, told IA “Res”.

According to him, the works of the Ossetian artists aroused great interest among the visitors.

“A certain stage of the Days of the Ossetian Culture in Europe has ended,” Pukhaev said. “We are planning to hold larger events in the fall,” Pukhaev said.

A participant in the special military operation, Azamat Kochiev, was awarded the state medal “Defender of the Fatherland” in Tskhinval. The award was presented to the fighter on behalf of President of the Republic by the head of the Defense Ministry Inal Sabanov, the press service of the department reports.

As noted by the Defense Ministry, the fighter from South Ossetia was presented a high award for courage and bravery shown in the performance of military duty during the special military operation.

The delegation of the Parliament of South Ossetia will take part in the International Parliamentary Forum of the CIS “Pushkin Readings”, which will be held in the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, the press service of the Republic’s legislative body reports.

As noted by the press service, the delegation has included Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Policy and Inter-parliamentary Relations Zaza Driaev, Chairman of the Committee on Budget and Taxes Elena Dzhioeva and Secretary of the Commission on Inter-parliamentary Cooperation Zurab Kabisov.

South Ossetia took part in the II International Forum of Ministers of Education “Shaping the Future” in Kazan.

According to the press service of Ministry of Education of the Republic of South Ossetia, the event brought together representatives from more than 40 countries.

“At the plenary session, First Deputy Minister of Education and Science of South Ossetia Alexander Galavanov made a report, noting that this forum is a unique platform for discussing key issues related to the development of the education sector,” the statement of the press service reads.

Today, the International Committee of the Red Cross, together with the Commissioner for Human Rights, together with the Association of Families of the Missing Persons, organized a trip for 15 children from the families of the missing persons to a private hippodrome in the village of Satskhenet. This is reported by the ICRC press service.

“This is the third such trip,” Lidiya Kudzieva, head of the Association, said. "Both children and adults really like this kind of pastime together."

Athletes from South Ossetia are taking part in the Brix Games in Kazan.

According to the press service of the Committee on Youth Policy and Sports, Alexander Bazzaev represented the republic in gymnastics competitions.

“Our athletes will compete in 5 type of sport. The delegation of 34 people is headed by Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Youth Policy and Sports Soslan Gassiev,” the press service has noted.

The event is taking place from 11 to 24 June.

In May, 22 violators of the state border were detained in South Ossetia, of which five people were violators of the state border regime, 17 - of the border regime, the KGB of the Republic reports.

The department has stated that the border service of the State Security Committee conducted investigations into each fact of violation of legal regimes.

Russia Day is a young holiday, but it has absorbed more than 1,200 years of continuous history of the country. These are several hundred generations of destinies, victories, accomplishments, defeats, this is a big, vast history, the head of the Russian Embassy in South Ossetia noted at the gala reception on the occasion of Russia Day, Marat Kulakhmetov, the head of the diplomatic department.

The EU Co-Chair Toivo Klaar, during a briefing following the meeting in Tskhinval, expressed hope for effective discussion in Geneva and a meaningful discussion of all agenda items.