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The State folk dance group "The Caucasus" of the Republic of Abkhazia, has given the festive concert in Tskhinval. It has been reported IA "Res" by the Deputy Minister of Culture of the RSO Dzhulietta Dzheranova. "The action has gathered a lot of the South-ossetian spectators, who have highly appreciated the choreographic art of the guests from the fraternal Republic", - she has said
The President of the RSO Eduard Kokoity has expressed his gratitude to the Abkhazian artists and on behalf of the population of South Ossetia has personally sent warm-hearted congratulations to the people and the leadership of fraternal Abkhazia on celebrating the Victory. Day. "Our people are connected with the historical ties of friendship. They always helped each other in thin times and we have to develop and consolidate our relationship further on", - has noted the Head of the state.

The Victory parade, dedicated to the 66 anniversary of the Great Victory is taking place at the Theatre square in Tskhinval. The servicemen of the military subdivisions of the Armed Forces of the Republic of South Ossetia, the 4th base of the Guards of the Ministry of the RF and also the servicemen of the Border management of the FSS of Russia in South Ossetia have marched solemnly along the square. The combat equipment of the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the RSO, including tanks T-72, BPM-2, RZSO BM-23, as well as the different types of the armored cars and artillery have also driven along the Theatre square.

The Victory parade, dedicated to the 66 anniversary of the Great Victory is taking place at the Theatre square in Tskhinval. The servicemen of the military subdivisions of the Armed Forces of the Republic of South Ossetia, the 4th base of the Guards of the Ministry of the RF and also the servicemen of the Border management of the FSS of Russia in South Ossetia have marched solemnly along the square. The combat equipment of the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the RSO, including tanks T-72, BPM-2, RZSO BM-23, as well as the different types of the armored cars and artillery have also driven along the Theatre square.

In honour of celebration of the 66 anniversary of the victory in Great Patriotic War the "Soldier`s halt" has been organized for the veterans in Tskhinval. This action has been organized by the Border Management of the FSS of the RF in the RSO with the assistance of the Administration of the President of the RSO. President Eduard Kokoity, heads of the ministries and departments of the RSO, the servicemen, officers, representatives of the Border management of the FSS of the RF in the RSO and the 4-th russian military base, as well as the inhabitants of the Republic have called on the "Soldier`s halt» «to congratulate the veterans with this beautiful holiday. The President of the Republic has expressed great thanks to the organizers of the action, and wished the veterans long years of life.

The investigation group of the Peacemaking mission named after general Lebed has proceed to searching for people missing in the course of the georgian-ossetian conflict in 1989-2008y.y. As a Chairman of the Council of the Peacemaking mission Alexander Mukomolov informed IA «Res», the actions of the investigators had been coordinated with the leadership of South Ossetia and the law-enforcement structures of the Republic. "At the point we are collecting samples of blood group of the relatives of the missing people to create a genetic and information data base of the Republic. The works on identification of the remains and the samples of blood will be conducted in the Russian centre of the judicial-medical expertise", - has reported Mukomolov. According to his words, the financing of the process of searching for the missing people has been allotted from the grant of the President of Russia, and is being realized by the Public Chamber of the RF.

From the 17 May 2011 the process of issuing passports will start in South Ossetia. It has been declared by the President of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity in the course of the meeting with the representatives of the law-enforcement bodies of the RSO. Having heard the information of the relevant structures about their readiness to start issuing passports to the population of the Republic, the Head of the state has entrusted to the government, the preparation of all the normative- legal acts and begin issuing passports of the citizens of the Republic of South Ossetia with the graduates .of schools since 17 May 2011. As reported by the Head of the state, the passports will be issuing in strict accordance to the Law and the Constitution of the RSO. "And they will be granted only on the territory of South Ossetia", - has declared the president, having noted that the passports earlier issued will be exempted. "The category of our people, who cannot give the documents of confirmation of the citizenship (specified in the list of necessary documents for receiving the passport of a citizen of the RSO) and having the passport of the citizen of the RSO, will undergo separate procedure", - has emphasized Eduard Kokoity.

The State song-and- dance group of the Republic of South Ossetia "Simd" and the State folk dance group "The Caucasus" of the Republics of Abkhazia will give the joint festive concerts, dedicated to the acknowledgment of the independence of the RSO and the RA by Russia in the cities of the North-Caucasian federal district (NCFD) and the South federal district (SFD). It has been reported IA "Res" by the Deputy Minister of culture of the RSO Dzhulietta Dzheranova. "On 9 of May the Abkhazian folk- dance group 'The 'Caucasus'' will conduct the solo concerts in Tskhinval. On 13 of May the ensembles ''Simd'' and ''The Caucasus'' will organize the joint concerts in the capital of South Ossetia and then leave with tour for the cities of NCFD and SFD ", - she has said. As the Deputy Minister has informed, the South-Ossetian and the Abkhazian ensembles will give the joint concerts in Vladikavkaz, Nalchik, Cherkessk, Maykop, Krasnodar, Rostov from 14 to 21 of May, and on 23 of May - in the capital of Abkhazia Sukhum.

Eight questions have been adopted to be on the agenda of the next meeting within the frames of the Mechanisms on prevention and reaction on incidents (MPRI). It has been reported IA "Res" at the office of the Plenipotentiary of the President of the RSO on questions of the post conflict settlement. It has been noted there that the meeting was conducted by Mr. Yussi Saressalo - a Deputy of the Mission of the EU observers who was appointed instead of Mr. Hansyorg Haber, whose term of power has been expired this year. Instead of the co-chairman of Geneva debates from OSCE Mr. Giedrius Chekuolis, the co-leading of the meeting was a secretary of OSCE Mr. Donatas Butkhus. As reported by the acting leader of the working group within the frames of MPRI from South Ossetia Guram Sobaev; the participants of the meeting have traditionally surveyed the incidents, which took place beyond both sides of the boundary of South Ossetia and Georgia, in particular, it was being discussed a question about the detained citizens of Georgia who violated the border of the RSO. "Three main questions have been emphasized in the course of the meeting: about the fate of the detained persons for both sides, the exit permit, in exclusive cases, to the place of incidents for confirming or rejecting the facts of violating the boundary of the RSO with the representatives of the Border Management of the Federal Security Service (FSS) of the RF in the RSO, the Border Service of the Committee of the State Security of the RSO and also the representatives of the Mission of the Observers of the European Union, as well as a question of providing safety in the area close to the boundary of South Ossetia and Georgia during the agricultural works ", - he has emphasized.

On Thursday, 5 May the next meeting within the framework of the Mechanisms on prevention and reaction on incidents (MPRI) is planned to be conducted in the Georgian village Dvani bordered upon South Ossetia. It has been reported the IA "Res" by the representative of the Administration of the president of the RSO on questions of the post-conflict settlement. "There are eight questions on the agenda, which have been already approved for discussion at the meeting. Also the other questions, which may arise directly before the meeting will be discussed», - have noted the representative.

The Joint military maneuvers consolidate friendship between South Ossetia and Russia. It has been declared today by the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Land forces, a general-colonel Alexander Postnikov in the course of the meeting with the President of the Republic of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity and the Command of the Ministry of Defence of the RSO in Tskhinval.