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National Olympic Committee is planned to be established in South Ossetia.

As reported to IA "Res" by the Chairman of the Committee on Youth Affairs, Sports and Tourism Vadim Bogiev, "Republic of South Ossetia is a sovereign state. Our independence has been recognized by several states that are members of the United Nations and other international organizations.It is natural that our country should have its sports structures, which, along with the other ones, are the indispensableattributes of any independent state".
According to him, South Ossetia received congratulatory telegrams from a number of countries whose teams had participated in the recent XXX Summer Olympics in London.

South Ossetian fighter Inal Tasoev won the freestyle wrestling World Championship in Baku among the athletes born 1995-1996.

South Ossetian fighter Inal Tasoev went to Baku to participate in the World Freestyle WrestlingChampionship among athletes born in 1995-1996. As IA "Res" has been informed by the coach of the athlete Tamerlan Kochiev, "our wrestler will perform in the weight class up to 85 kg. Prior to the tournament, we had a two-week training session in Adler".

Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Rashid Nurgaliyev has arrived in South Ossetia In Tskhinval he met with President of the Republic Leonid Tibilov and members of the government of South Ossetia.

Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia

August 15-17 Ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the Republic of South Ossetia Hugo Jose Garcia Hernandez was in South Ossetia on a working visit.
During the visit Ambassador Hernandez was received by the President of the Republic of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov and the RSO Minister of Foreign Affairs David Sanakoev.

President of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov did not issue any decree or order regarding the demolition of the burned and destroyed houses in the villages of the Republic.
This has been reported to IA "Res" by the RSO Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev, commenting on the information in the newspaper "Izvestia" on August 14, 2012, as if in South Ossetia "will be demolished several Georgian villages, which are located to the north of the capital of the Republic ".

The armed forces of South Ossetia are not conducting any maneuvers near the border villages of Znaur district. This has been reported to IA "RES" by the press service of Defense Ministry of South Ossetia, commenting on the Georgian media information about the shooting near the border villages of Okona, Khaebaelata (South Ossetia) and Knolevi (Georgia).

Thesecurity, defence and law enforcement agencies of South Ossetia have denied the information of the Georgian media about the shooting near the border villages of Okona, Khaebaelata (South Ossetia) and Knolevi (Georgia).

President of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov has received today in Tskhinval the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the Republic of South Ossetia Hugo Jose Garcia Hernandez.

The range of the consular services to the Russian citizens provided by the Russian Embassy in South Ossetia was expanded since the beginning of August, 2012.
As reported IA "Res" by the head of the consular department of the Embassy of Russia in South Ossetia Tamerlan Zaseev, "now, when replacing the passport, the Russian citizens have a choice – to get an old common civil passport or a common civil passport of a new generation, known also as the biometric".