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In the Parliament of South Ossetia was held a meeting of members of the Cooperation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and the Parliament of South Ossetia, led by co-Chairman for the Russian side Alexander Totoonov with Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov.
The Russian side at the meeting was represented by the member of the legislative body of the government of Karachai-Cherkess Republic, a member of the Federation Council Committee on Budget and Financial Markets Oleg Kazakovtsev, a representative of the executive body of the Republic of Tatarstan, a member of the Federation Council Committee on Budget and Financial Markets Sergey Batin , executive secretary of the commission Alexander Pozdnyakov.
The South Ossetian side at the meeting was represented by Vice- Speakers of the Parliament of South Ossetia Inal Mamiev and Dmitry Tasoev, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Inter-parliamentary Relations of the Parliament of South Ossetia Igor Kochiev.
At the beginning of the meeting Anatoly Bibilov welcomed the guests and thanked them for friendly attitude towards South Ossetia, attention to its problems. Bibilov also wished the members of the Commission good luck in their future work.
"The issues that will be worked out by the Commission are very important for the Republic of South Ossetia - said Bibilov. - The challenge for the Republic and the deputies is the unification of the agreements under the Treaty, which was signed this year. All these processes are inevitable in the best sense of the word, and this is very important. I am confident that the work will be completely constructive and the tasks will be considered by the Commission. "
In turn, Alexander Totoonov also noted the importance of holding such meetings.
"I am very pleased that we hold active meetings. Such meetings are some kind of demonstration of the working attitude, the readiness to not only make our position stronger, but also to continue the policy of further integration with Russia - said Totoonov. - I am convinced that today's agenda, as well as the follow-up, with great responsibility and a very professional approach of my colleagues, will be a priority for us, and I hope that our modest contribution and our assistance will become some important contribution to the construction process of South Ossetia ", - said Totoonov.

Minister for Emergency Situations of South Ossetia Sergey Sanakoev has visited today the VIII Moscow International Salon of safety equipment "Integrated Safety - 2015".
According to the press service of the Emergency Ministry, Sanakoev has visited the International Salon of safety equipment on the invitation of the Minister of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation Vladimir Puchkov.

The Emergency Ministries of Russia and South Ossetia signed an agreement on cooperation; interaction between the two agencies is maintained at a high level.
It is also planned to hold a number of meetings between the Minister of Emergency Situations of South Ossetia and the Russian counterparts.

Salon participants will be able to see modern fire and rescue technologies, leading innovative developments in the field of integrated security.
As part of the Salon will also be held full-scale demonstration exercises using aircraft at the site of EMERCOM of Russia in Moscow.

More than 500 exhibitors from 20 countries will take part in the Salon; it will be attended by more than 20 thousand visitors.

"Integrated Safety - 2015" is a platform which demonstrates the achievements of science and high technologies in the field of integrated security.

May 16 In Brussels will start the "Days of Ossetian culture in Europe."
As reported to IA "Res" by the Chairman of the nonprofit International Association «Renaissance Sandidzan» («Revival") Radion Pukhaev, in the framework of the "Days of Ossetian culture in Europe" will be held round tables with participation of creative intellectuals of Ossetia and Europe, exhibitions, open air events and workshops.
"Our actions will begin on May 16 with a round table of the creative intelligentsia of Ossetia and Europe "Bridges of cooperation ", - said Pukhaev. - On the same day will be premiered the film
"Mine" by the famous director Murat Dzhusoyty.
There will also be a meeting with the authors and actors of the film. "

Pukhaev has noted that in the Russian Centre of Science and Culture in Brussels will open the V international exhibition of Ossetian artists «Arv-Art».
"The paintings and graphics artists are: Magrez Kelekhsaev, Lavrenty Kasoev, Valery Atayev, Vadim Pukhaev, Marat Kesaev, Victor Tsallagov, Akhsar Yesenov, Boris Gabaraev and Akhsar Akhpolov" - said Pukhaev, adding that the "Days of Ossetian culture in Europe" will be held in Belgium, France and Luxembourg.

An official delegation from South Ossetia took part in the celebrations dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, which took place on May 9 in Dagestan.

The delegation, headed by Minister of Justice of South Ossetia Alan Dzhioev has also included the State Adviser to the President of the RSO Rodion Siukaev and Deputy Chief of the Department of Internal Policy of the Presidential Executive Office of South Ossetia Alan Tibilov.

On behalf of the people and the leadership of South Ossetia Alan Dzhioev congratulated the people of Dagestan and wished them a peaceful sky.

"Victory Day is a holiday that fills our hearts with pride and gratitude; it is a celebration of courage, heroism of Russians, Ossetians, people of Dagestan and other peoples of the USSR.
It is a holiday that gave the future for us, our children and grandchildren! We wish the people of Dagestan health, happiness and peaceful sky, "- said at a gala ceremony Dzhioev.

In addition, the South Ossetian delegation met with a number of public and political figures of Dagestan, in particular, with the Minister of Culture of Dagestan Zarema Butaeva.

"In recent years, Western countries attempt to revise the results of the World War II. We appreciate the role of the allied forces in World War II, but at the same time, we will
make every effort to obstruct falsification and belittling the role of the Soviet troops in the Great Patriotic War. Everyone should remember that the main gravity of the war was born by the Soviet people and it is our common history, the history of heroism of the Soviet people! "- said during the meeting Tibilov.

In turn, Rodion Siukaev added that "The Great Patriotic War was the most severe and bloody war in the world history, the period of mobilization of all resources of the Soviet people to achieve a victory over Nazi Germany."

"The Soviet people have saved the world from fascism! We will always remember this and be proud of our common victory!, "- said Siukaev.

The South Ossetian delegation also took part in the parade in honor of the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War in Makhachkala, and laid wreaths at the monument to the memory of soldiers killed in World War II.

President of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov has left for Moscow to participate in the events dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, reported IA "Res" presidential press Secretary Ghana Yanovskaya.
Leonid Tibilov went to Moscow on the invitation of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.
"Nowadays, when some politicians are trying to rewrite history, the President considered it important to accept the invitation of Vladimir Putin, together with the other guests to commemorate the feat of the Soviet soldier" – stressed Yanovskaya.
The Head of State was accompanied by Secretary of the Security Council of South Ossetia Anatoly Pliev and the State Advisor to the President Konstantin Kochiev.
In Moscow, May 8, on the eve of Victory Day the South Ossetian delegation will commemorate the Ossetians - Heroes of the Soviet Union, buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery Memorial.
The Victory Parade in Moscow will also be attended by three veterans of the Great Patriotic War-natives of Tskhinval.
"As part of a trip to the capital of Russia, at the international multimedia press center "Russia today " will be held a press conference of Leonid Tibilov,"- added Yanovskaya.
During the Great Patriotic War 21 thousand 736 citizens of South Ossetia were defending the motherland, in the battles were killed 11 thousand 711 soldiers of the Soviet Army, more than 7,000 are listed the missing. 34 Ossetians have been awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

President Leonid Tibilov has received the Deputy of the Public Chamber of the Voronezh region Valentina Shumyanskaya and the director of children's health camp "Green light" Mikhail Biryukov, reported IA "Res" the press Secretary of the President of South Ossetia Ghana Yanovskaya.

During the meeting the head of state noted that the interaction between the agencies of the Russian regions - one of the most important directions for South Ossetia.
"We are strengthening and developing relations between the two countries, coming to a new level with the signing of the new Treaty. This, of course, applies to certain regions of Russia ", - he stressed.

"The desire to maintain mutual cooperation is proved in practice. For many years, you have been rendering great assistance to our country. Your special attention to our children deserves the high-sounding words of gratitude. Any collaboration is always welcomed by the leadership of South Ossetia, which is expressed in the existing strong relationship between you and your South Ossetian colleagues. "

In turn, the guests have noted that their organizations contribute to strengthening relations between the peoples.
"We have much to learn from each other, there is a great desire to work on common social projects, carried out by our organizations. On the eve of our great holiday - Victory Day - I want to emphasize, that we, the people, who defended then the peace, must live and strengthen our ties, "- said Valentina Shumyanskaya.

The guests told about their plans for further cooperation with civil society organizations in South Ossetia. "This year, as in previous years, we plan to receive in our camp children from Tskhinval", - said Mikhail Biryukov.

During the visit to the Republic Valentina Shumyanskaya and Mikhail Biryukov also intend to render humanitarian aid to the Dzau boarding school injured in a fire a few months ago.

Today, the President signed an Executive order to present Valentina Shumyanskaya and Mikhail Biryukov with the state award of the Republic of South Ossetia - the Order of Friendship.

The South Ossetian has presented at a meeting in the framework of the mechanism for preventing and responding to incidents (IPRM) the materials showing deliberate damage of the border signs at the state border between South Ossetia and Georgia, said after a meeting of members of the IPRM in the village of Ergneti Deputy Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy of the Republic of South Ossetia for post-conflict settlement Khokh Gagloyty.
"During this period, we recorded three cases of deliberate damage to the boundary signs on the state border, which were fired with combat shooting firearms, - said Gagloyty. - We have earlier informed the IPRM participants that we are concerned about this fact. And today we have declared that we consider conscious damage of the border signs, as the acts of armed provocation. We have noted that in the case of the appropriate response, they should recollect what circumstances have led to the likely consequences. "
Gagloyty has reported that the Georgian side at the meeting raised the question of the specific areas where, according to them, were dug the ditches and trenches.
"A detailed examination of the area revealed that there are two ditches, which block up not some vast areas, but the concrete country roads - said Gagloyty. - The representatives of the competent border units informed us that they had no relation to these ditches, and they had been dug by local residents, thus blocking up the driveway for motor vehicles on their plots of land. It turned out that this area is located on the territory of South Ossetia. "
Gagloyty has noted that in this regard the South Ossetian side once again expressed the need to establish a joint commission on delimitation and demarcation of the border to avoid in future the similar incidents.
"Questions around the perimeter of the state border will periodically arise to further eliminate this, it would be correct to establish the commission, which will deal with the definition of the border line," - stressed Gagloyty.
He has added that the Georgian side presented at the meeting a photomaterial depicting the war machine with shrouded trailer.
"Georgian officials said that it was an anti-aircraft unit, but the persons responsible for this transport, told that the car was a field kitchen, followed by the moving water tank," - said Deputy Envoy.
Gagloyty said that with the approach of the season of collecting wild bladder nut the South Ossetian side called on the Georgian one to carry out the corresponding information work with the population.
"We have urged the participants of the Georgian side to conduct active information work on the border line, about the impossibility and undesirability of its crossing - said Gagloyty. – It will exclude a number of detentions of the border violators in the coming period.
Practice will show whether they held the job or not."
The Deputy Envoy has also said that today the relatives of three South Ossetians, considered the missing, have met with Ambassador of the OSCE Gnaedinger.
"The OSCE is making some efforts to communicate with the Georgian investigating authorities to ensure some progress to clarify the fate of the missing persons, but unfortunately, this does not occur, which, in turn, has also stated the OSCE", - concluded Gagloyty .

Minister of Education and Science of South Ossetia Natalie Gassieva participated in the "Moscow International Salon of Education 2015", held with the support of the Government of the Russian Federation.
At the forum were presented the achievements in engineering and technology in education.
"The exposition of the Salon and, in particular, its forum, were aimed at drawing attention to the urgent issues of education in Russia and in the world in general - said Gassieva.
As part of the Salon were also held conferences, award ceremonies in the field of education, presentations, and workshops. There were also presented the programs of vocational guidance, promotion and support of children's talent and were demonstrated the best educational technology and equipment for implementation of educational process."
According to Gassieva, of particular interest was the presentation of educational and methodical literature for publishing projects.
"In particular, the publishing company "Sphere" has expressed a desire to introduce the new organization of textbooks from a single navigation and the principles of a reversal of the textbook to explain a certain topic in the secondary schools of South Ossetia ", - explained the Minister.
She has added that all the proposals will be considered at the meetings of the Education Ministry board.
The "Moscow International Salon of Education 2015" was organized by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. Its goal is to promote the establishment of long-term sustainable operation of regular international expert discussion platform, demonstration of the advanced technologies in the field of education, as well as a the means of organizing and supporting the educational process. The activities are designed to integrate participants in the educational process: teachers, heads of educational institutions, representatives of federal and regional ministries and agencies, public and commercial organizations and major consumers of education services - schoolchildren, applicants, students and their parents.
Besides, the Salon allows establishing strong links with international partners, to ensure a dialogue between producers and consumers of educational services, as well as to involve children and parents in the process of selecting a path of professional development.

In South Ossetia took place the opening ceremony of representative offices of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, attended by Deputy Head of the Presidential Executive Office of South Ossetia Konstantin Pukhaev, State Councilor to the President of South Ossetia Rodion Siukaev and representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the RSO.
The delegation was welcomed by Konstantin Pukhaev; he has noted the importance of opening the offices for further fruitful cooperation between South Ossetia, the DPR and the LPR.
"The opening of the representative offices is an important step towards the recognition of the just struggle of the two republics for realization of the right to self-determination, - said Pukhaev. - South Ossetia was also fighting for its independence, having gone through hardships and difficulties. People of South Ossetia support your desire for independence. "
Pukhaev has also expressed the hope that the opening of representative offices of the DPR and the LPR in South Ossetia will promote their recognition by the international community.
In turn, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Donetsk People's Republic Alexander Kofman noted the historical importance of the recognition of the independence of the DPR and the LPR by South Ossetia and said that this recognition would be of benefit to all sides.
"Having recognized our republics, South Ossetia has acquired reliable partners, both economically and politically," - said Kofman.
The Head of the Executive Office of the Head of the Government of the LPR Natalia Khorsheva expressed gratitude to South Ossetia for the recognition of the republics.
"You have given faith and hope for independence to us, - said Khorsheva. - We hope for mutual understanding, cooperation and fruitful interaction between our republics. "
During the event, the two sides exchanged gifts.

"Security and development - the guarantee of a bright future for South Ossetia" was the topic of discussion at the round table in the Media - center "Ir" in Tskhinval.
The discussion was attended by members of Parliament, members of political parties and public figures.
At the beginning of the event was the expert of the Media center - Yury Vazagov has noted that there are a number of factors that could seriously complicate the situation in Transcaucasia.
"South Ossetia, Abkhazia and the Russian Federation are creating a new forestalling security system, since there is a tendency to destabilize the situation in the former Soviet Union - said Vazagov.
According to the Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov, the events in Ukraine may lead to a head all the other conflicts in the post-Soviet space. Today we can see the similar in the Nagorno-Karabakh, where it is hard to restrain the resumption of large-scale hostilities."
In particular, the expert focused on the attempts of the international organizations to participate in the events taking place within the region.
"It is enough attention paid to this issue by international organizations, there are attempts to more serious intervention in the events around South Ossetia and Abkhazia by the Parliamentary Assembly and OSCE, which again want to mark their presence in the region," - said Vazagov.
He also urged to take into account the factor of an Islamic state in the Caucasus, where "whilst there is the recruitment of mercenaries and the preparation of certain groups in the immediate vicinity of South Ossetia - Pankisi Gorge."
The expert has stressed that it is expected a lot of challenges and threats in the future and in South Ossetia special attention should be given to defense.
"One of the main emphases in the development of the Treaty of Alliance and integration between the Republic of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation was put on the military component of closer coordination, but, nevertheless, I want to focus on an issue that raised repeatedly by South Ossetian experts to create a system of reservists, "- said Vazagov.
The need to organize a mobile army of the Republic also expressed a Member of Parliament Amiran Dyakonov, noting the need to develop a legislative framework for reservists.
"In August 7 – 10, 2008, during the attack on South Ossetia by Georgia, our militias, virtually without any armor, restrained the Georgian troops trained by NATO instructors," – said Dyakonov.
According to the deputy, in order to enhance defense capability, we need a mobile capable army that could solve its tasks.
During the round table were also discussed security system, and the majority supported the idea of organizing a mobile army.