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In Tskhinval is under way a meeting of the OSCE, the UN, the EU and the South Ossetian co-chairs of the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia. As noted at the beginning of the meeting the head of the South Ossetian delegation at the Geneva talks, Presidential Envoy to the RSO for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev "in view of the lengthy process of discussions in Geneva, their importance, however, is not reduced."

South Ossetia is monitoring with anxiety the developments in Ukraine, where as a result of a coup d'état, Kiev and many cities in Western Ukraine are seized by the armed radical extremists whose actions are becoming more ambitious and aggressive, stated Acting Foreign Minister of South Ossetia David Sanakoev.

Statement of the political party "Justice Labor Development" on the international reaction to the concern of Russia about the situation in Ukraine

February 1, 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin, in accordance with the Constitution of the Russian Federation, made an appeal to the Federation Council of the Russian Federation "On the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine to normalize the political situation in this country. The Federation Council, in accordance with its rules has unanimously approved this decision.

President of the Republic of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov has received Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Igor Zubov, who arrived in South Ossetia on a working visit.

If the Georgian nationalists want to demonstrate their solidarity with Ukraine, it would be logical to do it in the center of Tbilisi, but not at the border of South Ossetia, said Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev in his interview with the news agency "Res," commenting on the protest rally organized by the Georgian authorities.

Photo exhibition of San Marino opened last weekend in the capital of South Ossetia. The exhibition is organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the RSO and the Association of photographers of San Marino together with the Association for Friendship with South Ossetia in Italy.

At the state border of South Ossetia near the Georgian village of Atotsi took place a rally against the engineering construction on the frontier. About five hundred radical young people with national flags of Georgia and Ukraine came up to the border area, chanting: "Russia is invader ", "Russians are fascists," etc.

South Ossetian Republican political party "Unity" is following with concern the developments in Ukraine. The party expressed support for the decision of the Russian leadership about the possible use of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine.

South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov has supported the decision of the government of the Russian Federation on the possible use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine. This was state by the Head of State at a meeting with the heads of law enforcement agencies.
Leonid Tibilov has noted that the situation in Ukraine should be returned to a constitutional course to eliminate the threat to the lives of citizens of the Russian Federation.

Georgian authorities are more and better understanding the futility of their unsubstantiated claim to the territory of South Ossetia, painfully reacting to any action undertaken by the authorities of South Ossetia, both in domestic and foreign policy, stated the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia, because of the frequent statements of the Georgian leaders , in which they once again are "deeply concerned " about the resumption of engineering construction on the state border of South Ossetia.