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South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov has received the co-chairmen of the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia, who arrived in the Republic on an official visit.

Boxer from Tskhinval Atsamaz Dzigoev took third place at the 27th All-Russian boxing tournament in memory of the Olympic bronze medalist in Tokyo Vadim Emelyanov. As IA "Res" has been informed by the coach of the athlete Murat Kokoev, "oursportsman performed in the weight class up to 60 kg. In a bout for the third place Dzigoev in the first round scored off his competitor by technical knockout,"- said Kokoev. According to the trainer, obvious biased refereeing affected the results of the next fight of his ward. "Dzigoev was more active than his opponent. But the referees did not want to see the successful impacts of the athlete. The bout ended with the score 7:7 and according to the decision of the referees Dzigoev`s opponent was awarded a victory"- underlined the couch.

The South Ossetian Company "Your aviation centre - South Ossetia," embarked on steps to train pilots for the Republic. This has been said IA "Res" by the company CEO Georgy Valiev.
"We have recently selected people who will take courses at the private pilot. Two of the qualifiers have already left for Moscow - said Valiev. - Within six weeks they will learn to flight training. After passing the course in the Russian capital, our pilots for several months will continue their studies in Canada."

A renowned South Ossetian professional boxer, the European champion under the WBC in the weight class up to 66.6 kg Aslanbek Kozaev is now in the U.S with his coach Vitaly Slanov. As reported to IA "Res" by the coach of the athlete, the invitation was received from the coaching staff of the world famous legendary American boxer Floyd Mayweather to take part in the preparation of Mayweather for a world title fight, according to WBA and WBC with a Puerto Rican boxer Miguel Cotto, - said Slanov. - Miguel Cotto – is the world champion of 2004 - 2006, under the WBA version. He is the current world champion under the WBA version. The fight between Mayweather and Cotto will be held May 5, 2012 in Las Vegas. "

The number of violations of crossing the state border of South Ossetia with Georgia was considerably reduced in the last month. This has been said the journalists by the Attorney General of South Ossetia Merab Chigoev after the next meeting of participants of the Mechanisms on Prevention and Reaction to Incidents (MPRI), held today in the Georgian village of Ergneti.

President of the Republic of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in the Republic of South Ossetia Elbrus Kargiev at his request. During the meeting they discussed a wide range of issues of bilateral cooperation.

A ceremonial meeting devoted to the third anniversary of entering the Russian FSS Border Control Agency into the territory of the Republic of South Ossetia has been held in Tskhinval. The meeting was attended by President of the RSO Leonid Tibilov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in the Republic of South Ossetia Elbrus Kargiev, a commander of the 4th Russian military base Alexander Shushukin, Minister of Defense of South Ossetia Valery Yakhnovets, the management and employees of the FSS Border Control Agency of Russia in South Ossetia, the Russian border guards` families. According to the head of the FSS Border Control Agency of Russia in South Ossetia, Colonel Valery Reznichenko, three years the Russian border guards have been patrolling the border of South Ossetia with Georgia in accordance with an agreement between Russia and South Ossetia on joint efforts to protect the state border of South Ossetia, which was signed April 30, 2009.

Atsamaz Dzigoev has reached the semifinal of the 27th All-Russia tournament on boxing in memory of the Olympic bronze medalist in Tokyo Vadim Emelyanov. As reported to IA "Res" by a coach of the athlete Murat Kokoev, "in his next match with a representative of the North Sea team our athlete won by TKO. The fight was stopped before the end of the first round".

The proposal of Saakashvili to resign is not interesting, not even acceptable, because it has no relation to reality. This has been said IA "Res" by a Chief of the Caucasus Research Department of the Russian Institute of Strategic Studies Jana Amelina, commenting on the statement by the president of Georgia on his readiness to resign, in order to return South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

Presentation of the International Tracing Service (ITS) has taken place in the capital of South Ossetia. The event was attended by representatives of the South Ossetian media, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), the community and students of the South-Ossetian State University.