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Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Economic Development Gennady Bekoev spoke at a briefing in Tskhinval about the results of the trip of the South Ossetian delegation to the Syrian Arab Republic, where South Ossetian representatives took part in the 61st Damascus Fair.

According to the Deputy Prime Minister, the purpose of the trip was not only participation in the fair, but also the signing of an agreement on the opening of Trading houses.

Under the scorching August sun in the middle of the dusty road of Tsnelis village, there is a crowd of people. South Ossetian servicemen, journalists and local residents are looking towards the hill from where the Georgian flag is fluttering through the dense thickets of bushes. A couple of days ago, Georgian security forces put up a checkpoint in the South Ossetian territory. Now the height above the Yugostalk plant (formerly Gruztalk) is occupied by them.

Participants of the Alan Trail ethnic camp in South Ossetia visited a cemetery in the courtyard of the school number 5 and the Museum of Burned Souls to honor the memory of the heroes who gave their lives for us to live under a peaceful sky.

"As part of a trip to South Ossetia, they took part in the mourning events dedicated to the August events of 2008. And, as they said," we can’t leave without being in fifth school, "the press service of the committee of youth policy. sports and tourism reports.

South Ossetia commemorated those killed eleven years ago

On the stairs of the Parliament building of South Ossetia eleven years ago, immediately after the repulse of the Georgian troops, the great maestro Valery Gergiev held a requiem concert. Candles were burning on the steps in memory of the victims, and the schoolchildren were holding the photographs of the victims of Georgian aggressors. Since then, these stairs are called the Gergiev stairs ...

As part of the implementation by the Government of St. Petersburg of the state policy of the Russian Federation towards compatriots abroad, the XII Youth Forum "Russian Abroad", organized by the Committee on External Relations of St. Petersburg with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, was held in the northern capital.

On Wednesday in the capital of South Ossetia took place a memorial evening for the victims of the Armenian Genocide. The memorial event was attended by Speaker of the Republic’s Oarliament Peter Gassiev, State Adviser to the President of South Ossetia Konstantin Pukhaev, Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy of South Ossetia for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev, Adviser to the Russian Embassy in South Ossetia Sergei Manko, citizens of the Armenian nationality living in the Republic.

Vladimir Uvarov, Artistic Director of the North Ossetian Vakhtangov Academic Russian Theater, Robert Kisiev, Honored Artist of North Ossetia, and Madina Valieva, Director of the State Drama Theater of South Ossetia, spoke at a briefing in Tskhinval about the upcoming tours in Tskhinval and further plans for cooperation.

And back here

The Vakhtangov Theater was in South Ossetia with a tour program in 1989, Vladimir Uvarov told reporters.

The participation of the delegation of the Republic of South Ossetia headed by President Anatoly Bibilov in the V Yalta International Economic Forum was the topic of a regular briefing by the head of the State Information and Press Committee, Maria Kotaeva, at the Sputnik-South Ossetia platform.

The first Deputy head of the Presidential Executive Office of South Ossetia, Alan Dzhussoev, spoke about the prospects for cooperation and, in general, about the significance of participating in such events for South Ossetia.

Residents of the Georgian villages bordering on South Ossetia, have expressed their dissatisfaction with the engineering constructive works at the state border of the Republic. In turn, the South Ossetian authorities say they are ready to discuss with the representatives of Tbilisi the delimitation issues, as this is the subject of a bilateral agreement.
September 25 residents of the Georgian village of Dvani expressed their discontent with the delimitation works at the state border of South Ossetia.

Today at the border of South Ossetia the Georgian authorities have organized a protest action against the delimitation works. This time Georgian journalists have decided to protest against the legitimate and logical actions of South Ossetian authorities.
The day before, according to the Georgian media, it was stated that at the state border near the village of Mugut (Znaur district, RSO) would gather 200 journalists. The South Ossetian authorities, concerned about the possible escalation of the situation have made the statements that the action scheduled for Saturday, as well as several previous ones, threaten the stability in the entire region.
In addition, the relevant letters were sent to the co-chairs of the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia and to the leadership of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia. All responsibility for possible escalation of tension the South Ossetian authorities impose on Tbilisi, as the organizer of mass hysteria around the delimitation works at the state border of South Ossetia.
The action, not so wide, but was held. About 50 people gathered three kilometers to the east of the village of Mugut. They unfurled a Georgian flag, the banner with the inscriptions "Russian occupants" and a few small posters with the similar content.
Between the boundary line and the protesters the Georgian police put up a cordon, blocking about 200-meter section of the demarcation strip. There were also observers of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia. From the South Ossetian side the situation was being observed by several journalists and two unarmed representative of the KGB. The protesters were rather reserved and did not try to get closer to the state border line.
The head of the press service of the KGB of South Ossetia Alexander Smirnov described the situation at the border as the next planned provocation
"It is the impromptu rally that supposedly symbolizes the attitude of the Georgian public to the delimitation works of South Ossetia at the state border. As always in such cases, the Georgian side has exaggerated the scale and significance of such actions – there were no more than 50 people, "- he told reporters.
At the same time, the situation is calm and under control of the South Ossetian authorities.
"The same functions are performed by the Georgian police, who ensure the people not to cross the border line," - said Smirnov.
Having stood on that section of the border about an hour, Georgian journalists went to the other – dividing the Ossetian village Mugut and the Georgian village Dhwani. The reason for the meeting was the situation here with a few houses burnt during combat operations in August 2008. These houses are not restored -the bare walls without roofs and signs of life. They are located in the 50-meter zone between the temporary demarcation structures erected in 2008, and the border line which complies with the boundary of the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within the Soviet Union and defined by GPS-devices. The homeowners claim that they have no alternative accommodation. They were proposed to disassemble the walls and move them into the Georgian territory, or by restoring their houses to stay and live in the territory of South Ossetia, becoming the citizens of the Republic of South Ossetia, observing the laws of South Ossetia. The residents preferred to "move."
Today the action was held without any excesses. Maybe, the journalists realized the consequences and were not involved into a reckless adventure. What will happen next time?