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.
The passport system will start in South Ossetia in the middle of May.
