The President of the Moldovan Republic of Transnistria Yevgeny Shevchuk has paid an official visit to the Republic of South Ossetia. He is accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Moldovan Republic of Transnistria Nina Shtanski. In Tskhinval the head of the Moldovan Republic of Transnistria has been received by South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov.
Delegations from Russia and from the republics of the North Caucasus are arriving in South Ossetia on the eve of the fifth anniversary of Russia's recognition of independence of the Republic. South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov has received the delegation of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, headed by the deputy of the NKR Parliament Armen Sargsyan, arrived in the Republic to participate in the festivities on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of Russia's recognition of independence of South Ossetia.
Today, on the eve of the fifth anniversary of Russia's recognition of independence of the Republic South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov presented Laura Tedeeva - a native of South Ossetia, currently living in the United States-with Order of Friendship.
In August 2008, despite the obstacles created in the West, Laura Tedeeva and her niece Amanda Kokoeva appeared live on TV channel Fox News, telling the truth about the events, that it was Georgia that had attacked the sleeping town.
"It is symbolic that you are in your homeland these days. In August, five years ago, you and a little girl Amanda broke through the information blockade around South Ossetia. It was a great support for us. Thank you for being with us, thank you for patriotism and your high civic stand, "- said the president.
Laura Tedeeva, in turn, thanked the President for so high appreciation.
"I am always with my people in my heart", - she said, wishing South Ossetia peace and prosperity.
Today the President has also presented the correspondent of the TV channel ''Russia'' Andrei Chistyakov with Order of Friendship for objective coverage of the events in August 2008.
Certificate of Honour of the RSO was presented to the camera operator of the TV channel "Russia'' Eugeny Radaev.
In the near future it is not expected any warming in relations between Russia and Georgia, said a senior researcher at the Center for Caucasus and regional security of the Moscow State Institute of International relations (MGIMO) Vladimir Mukhanaw at a political science conference in Tskhinval.
"So I would not talk about the price of this warming for South Ossetia," - he said.
According to the expert, both sides have not expressed any signs of rapprochement so far.
"One could observe only some feeble attempts for normalization. There were not taken real steps in this direction, and no one is expecting it, "- said the expert.
He has stressed that the official positions of Russia and Georgia differ so much that any warming is not real in the near future.
"There is not any convergence of positions on the issues related to the renewal of diplomatic relations", - added Mukhanaw.
Just setting the global geopolitical goals one can talk about the safe and progressive advance of Ossetia. This was stated by the head of the Caucasus Studies Sector of the Russian Institute of Strategic Researches Jana Amelina at a political science conference in Tskhinval.
A political science conference "August aggression of Georgia and the recognition of independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, geopolitical implications, lessons and conclusions", dedicated to the fifth anniversary of Russia's recognition of the independence of South Ossetia has started today in Tskhinval.
The issues of further cooperation between the law enforcement authorities of South Ossetia and Russia were discussed at the meeting between the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic Akhsar Lavoev and Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia Igor Zubov.
Today in Tskhinval South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov has received Deputy Interior Minister of Russia Igor Zubov,
who is in the Republic on a working visit. The meeting was attended by the South Ossetian Interior Minister Akhsar
Lavoev.
The head of state has welcomed the guests, noting that the cooperation between the law enforcement authorities of South
Ossetia and Russia has been actively developing.
During the meeting Leonid Tibilov told of his working visit to Moscow and the meetings with the head of the Russian
The Delegation of South Ossetia headed by Deputy Prime Minister Guram Melkoev, will participate in the celebrations of the Day of the recognition of the independence of Abkhazia by the Russian Federation. The delegation will also include the rector of the South Ossetian State University Vadim Tedeev and Member of Parliament of South Ossetia Sergei Lipin.
Russia's recognition of South Ossetia is a landmark event in the modern history of the Republic. This was stated by the President of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov at a press conference, held at the ITAR-TASS news agency, dedicated to the fifth anniversary of Russia's recognition of the independence of the Republic, reported the news agency"Res" the press secretary of the President of South Ossetia Ghana Yanovskaya.