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The border guards of South Ossetia detained four Georgian citizens for one day, trying to illegally cross the state border of the Republic.

According to the press service of the state security committee of the RSO, two violators turned out to be priests of the Georgian Orthodox Church.

“On October 20, four citizens of Georgia were detained by border guards on a section of the state border of the RSO with Georgia in the vicinity of the villages of Balata and Ahmadz in Leningor district.

In Tskhinval, during the week, conducted its work a joint Russian-South Ossetian conciliation commission, composed of representatives of the military departments of South Ossetia and Russia.

According to the press service of the South Ossetian Defense Ministry, the Commission was formed after the appeal of South Ossetia’s Minister of Defense, Lieutenant General Ibragim Gasseev to the head of the Russian defense department, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

Most of the tasks that were set before the invited Russian specialists over the past three years, have been practically solved,said Adviser to the Ministry of Economic DevelopmentPavel Kovalsky at a press conference in Tskhinval, summing up his work in South Ossetia.

According to him, initially they were tasked to help specialists from South Ossetia to increase the economic independence of the Republic.

The victories of Ossetian wrestlers Soslan Ramonov and Khetik Tsabolov helped the Iranian Arash club to become the winner of the group stage of the Iranian club championship, the portal of the Russian Wrestling Federation reports.

The “Arash” club from Mazandaran became the leader after the victories over another Iranian club - “Sataregan”. The first match between Arash and Sataregan ended with a score of 6: 4, the second match brought a more convincing victory to Arash - 8: 2.

Georgia is once again trying to inflate the international scandal and bring the usual border violation incident to the political plane, said during the briefing the head of the State Committee for Information and Press of South Ossetia, Maria Kotaeva,
“A few days ago, Georgian citizen Maya Otinashvili was detained by border guards for violating the border near the village of Aemdzaerin (formerly Tsinagar) on the territory of South Ossetia. This case differs from all other similar facts in that it helped others illegally crossing the border for a monetary reward,” said Kotaeva.

The Defense Minister of the Republic of South Ossetia, Lieutenant-General Ibrahim Gasseev, addressed a solemn meeting in honor of the 25th anniversary of the victory in the Patriotic War of the Abkhazian people.

The event was held today in Sukhum with the participation of the President of Abkhazia Raul Khadzhimba, Minister of Defense of the Republic of Abkhazia Mirab Kishmaria, the command staff of the Ministry and invited guests.

On September 27, the cultural center of the Russian Foreign Ministry hosted a festive reception on the occasion of the 28th anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic of South Ossetia.

The delegation of the Republic of South Ossetia led by President Anatoly Bibilov went to Abkhazia, to take part in the events timed to the 25th anniversary of the Victory in the Patriotic War of the Abkhazian people in 1992-1993.

According to the press service of the head of state, during the visit to the Republic of Abkhazia will take place the meeting and negotiations of presidents of the RSO and the RA Anatoly Bibilov and Raul Khajimba.

The constructive processes, taking place in South Ossetia, are visible to the naked eye, Deputy Head of the Presidential Executive Office for Socio- Economic Cooperation with the CIS member states, republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia Denis Travin said during a working meeting on economic cooperation between Russia and South Ossetia in Tskhinval.

The authorities of South Ossetia are ready to hold an intergovernmental commission on the implementation of the Investment Program for socio- economic development of the Republic. This was announced by the President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov during a meeting with the Deputy Head of the Presidential Executive Office for Socio- Economic Cooperation with the CIS states, South Ossetia and Abkhazia Denis Travin.