The dance groups from South Ossetia took prizes at the XX All-Russiaт festival "The Russian Students Spring", which is being held in Chelyabinsk from May15 - 20. As reported by Head of the Youth Policy Department under the Ministry of Education of the RSO Emilia Gagieva to IA "Res", today, May 19, the final gala concert will take place in Chelyabinsk, where the winners of the festival will be awarded.
Athletes from Tskhinval Soslan Tedeev and Richard Bitiev are taking part in the championship of Russia among young people, which has started today in Kemerovo. This has been said IA "Res" by the coach of the athletes Vitaly Slanov.
Ossetian professional boxer, the European champion under the WBC in the weight class up to 66.6 kg Aslanbek Kozaev fought a bout with the famous Filipino professional boxer, the world champion under WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO version Manny Pacquiao.
The Zar tragedy of May 20, 1992. Witnesses' memoirs.
Nikolai Dzagoev, chief surgeon of the Republican Hospital of South Ossetia, Candidate of Medicine, Member of Parliament:
1992, Tskhinval was under blockade. At all heights of the city were snipers, shelling all the streets. In connection with this situation was urgently constructed the road in Dzau (Dzausky District RSO) through the village of Zar, which was called the "lifeline." The Zar road was very rugged, with vehicle queues, but not everyone could drive and sometimes people had to walk.
The Days of the Ossetian culture have started today in Brussels. This has been reported to IA "Res" by one of the organizers of the cultural program - the head of the International non-profit association «Renaissance Saendidzaen» Radion Pukhaev.
Comment of the press-service of the Foreign Ministry of the Republic of South Ossetia
May 15, 2012 the newspaper "View" carried a statement of the Chairman of the Committee for Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Matteo Mekachchi, which he had made in Georgia. He said that OSCE "is going to restore the mission in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict" in July. This statement has caused great surprise in Tskhinval. In South Ossetia one has heard nothing about this intention of theOSCE; we have not received any form of address, so any negotiations are not being conducted with the authorities of the Republic of South Ossetia.
The Futsal team of South Ossetia conceded victory in the first game at the European Championship, which started May 14 in the Belarusian city of Brest. Thishas been said IA "Res" by the head coach Eric Berezov.
"We met with the Russian national team. This is one of the strongest teams – it is the winner of the last year European Championship. In the first half our players were not able to fully adapt to so experienced rivals, the boys were a bit worried and the first time ended 2-0 in favor of the Russians "- said Berezov. But then, he said, the South Ossetian players had adapted to thecontender, they coped with emotions and began to play more effectively.
A wrestler from Tskhinval Inal Tasoev has become a winner of the Russian championship in wrestling among athletes 1995 - 1996 years of birth, which was held in Vladikavkaz. This has been said IA "Res" by the coach of the athlete Tamerlan Kochiev.
South Ossetia and Russia will establish a consultation mechanism for direct contact on addressing the problems facing the Republic. This has been declared by the Russian President Vladimir Putin at a briefing in Sochi after the meeting with President of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov.
A meeting of the parliamentary delegation of South Ossetia headed by the Acting Speaker of thelegislative body of South Ossetia Zurab Kokoev with the Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Sergey Naryshkin has been held in Moscow. During the meeting Naryshkin called for further strengthening of ties between the parliaments of both countries.
