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The Georgian Patriarch Ilia II has not prestige in South Ossetia. This has been said IA "Res" by Vice-Speaker of the Parliament of South Ossetia Yuri Dzitstsoity, commenting on the meeting of the head of the Georgian church with the Moscow Ossetian community. He has recalled that Patriarch Ilia II during his visit to Moscow met with the Georgians, living in Moscow, among them were also members of the Moscow Ossetian community - Amirkhan Torchinov, Gocha Dzasokhov and others.

Republican political party "New Ossetia" with great amazement has perceived the information about the meeting of a number of members of the Moscow Ossetian community with Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia Ilia II, which took place "in a warm and friendly atmosphere." This is expressed in the today`s official statement of the party.

Professional boxer from South Ossetia Marat Kulumbegov has been training intensively in the Crimea (Ukraine) for his rating match in March.
As a coach of the athlete Robert Pliev said IA "Res", "Kulumbegov has been training intensively in the popular Crimean resort Balaklava. The training course is focused on improving the functional training skills of the athlete. February 110 he will fly to Mexico for the month training."

The draft Concept of socio-economic development of South Ossetia to 2030 was approved by the Cabinet at a government meeting held yesterday in Tskhinval under the chairmanship of President Leonid Tibilov. The issue for discussion was brought up by Minister for Economic Development of South Ossetia Zalina Khugati. She has noted that almost all ministries and agencies of the Republic were working on this document.

Georgian armed forces, located at the border of South Ossetia, pose a threat to security of the Republic and not contribute to stability in the South Caucasus. This was said the reporters by the South Ossetian head of the delegation, the RSO Deputy Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement Khokh Gagloyty after the meeting of participants of Mechanisms on Prevention and Reaction to Incidents (MPRI), held today in the village of Ergneti.

Results of a three-day working visit of the Russian interagency group led by Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Rashid Nurgaliyev to South Ossetia, have been discussed at the today's meeting in Tskhinval, chaired by the President of the Republic Leonid Tibilov.

Relatives of the missing citizens of South Ossetia have addressed to the Prime Minister and Attorney General of Georgia to help in determining the fate of their family members. The appeal was handed to the OSCE co-chairman of the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia Andriy Deshitsa before the beginning of the regular meeting of participants of Mechanisms on Prevention and Reaction to Incidents (MPRI), held in the Georgian village of Ergneti at the border of South Ossetia.

January 29 the thirtieth meeting in the format of the Mechanisms on Prevention and Reaction to Incidents (MPRI) will be held in the village of Ergneti (Georgia) at the border of the Republic of South Ossetia.

The South Ossetian citizen Ippolit Makoev has been released from prison under the amnesty declared in Georgia. This information was confirmed by Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of South Ossetia.

South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov has paid a working visit to Leningor district of the Republic, where he has met with the heads of departments of the district administration. As reported IA "Res" by a press secretary of the head of state Gana Yanovskaya, the president was interested in the work, carried out in all spheres of social life of the district.