Grand opening of the restored Republican stadium named after the outstanding Ossetian football player Guram Tskhovrebov has taken place in Tskhinval. Representatives of the Republican leadership headed by the President Edward Kokoity have taken part in the action; the inhabitants and visitors of Tskhinval have completely filled tribunes of the stadium, .intended for six thousand people. Edward Kokoity has addressed to the gathered with congratulatory speech. «A lot of units of social value have been built in the Republic, but the unit we are inaugurating today, is of special importance in life of each citizen of South Ossetia. We aspire to peaceful, creative life. We want our children to live in peace and accord with everybody, to be healthy. This unit will promote all these intentions to a considerable degree», - Kokoity has said. The President has underlined that it was made a great deal for rehabilitation of South Ossetia and it is supposed to make even more and the Russian Federation renders huge aid to the Republic in this process. «We are immensely grateful to Russia, to all Russians who have rendered and are rendering huge aid to our Republic.
The people of South Ossetia will never forget the great role of the Russian Federation in preserving our people and our state», - the head of the state has declared. He has expressed his special gratitude to the General Director of the "Gazprominvestholding", a noted Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov, on the initiative and by the financial aid of whom the stadium has been reconstructed, to the deputy of the Russian Federation State Duma, the President of the international fund "Generation" Andrey Skoch, to the Chairman of the Victims Relief Fund in South Ossetia Sergey Markov and to everyone who was taking part in the restoration of this constructive unit which completely meets the international standards. After official part the first unofficial match between the football national teams of South Ossetia and Abkhazia has taken place at the new stadium. Eduard Kokoity has appeared in the field as the captain of the South-Ossetian national team and has scored two goals during the match. The game has come to the end with the score of 7:7. The action has proceeded with the festive concert.
