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Questions of establishing the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of South Ossetia and the state awards named after Vaso Abaev, were discussed at a meeting of the President of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov with representatives of scientific and creative intelligentsia of the Republic, with participation of the Deputy Prime Minister Alla Dzhioeva, Deputy Speakers of Parliament Yuri Dzitstsoyty and Mira Tskhovrebova, Minister of Education and Science Marina Chibirova, Minister of Culture Makharbeg Kokoev, a Chairman of the Committee on Youth Policy, Sport and Tourism Sergey Zasseev, Rector of the South Ossetian State University Vadim Tedeev and representatives of the RSO Research Institute.

In South Ossetia are ongoing the works on erecting the engineering structures along the state border. As the news agency "Res" was reported at the press service of the State Security Committee of South Ossetia, the erected constructions are symbolic, the main purpose of which is - to prevent inadvertent violation of the state border by population and livestock.
"For those who intend to cross the border illegally, the barriers will not be serious obstacles, " - noted the KGB official.

November 22 - 29 the KGB Border Control Service of the Republic of South Ossetia considered the cases against five people.
As IA "Res" was reported at the press service of the KGB, two citizens of South Ossetia had been detained on the section of the state border in the villages of Nagomev and Tsinagar in Leningor District, one Russian citizen detained in the village of Tsnelis in Znaur district and two Georgian citizens had been detained in the sections of the state border in Leningor and Dzau districts.

President of the Republic of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov met with the Italian statesman, a former member of the European Parliament, journalist, Giulietto Chiesa.
The Head of State welcomed the guest on the soil of South Ossetia, noting a great work done by him to promote the interests of the Republic.
"I am glad to welcome a great friend of the Ossetian people, a man who has been doing a lot to enhance the positive image of the Republic of South Ossetia, to advance our issues in Western Europe", - said Leonid Tibilov .
Giulietto Chiesa has told the president that he intends again to stand for the European Parliament, where he will have more opportunities to deal with the issues, including the South Ossetian ones.
"It is very important to have a spokesman in the European Parliament, who will represent the interests of South Ossetia", - he said.
Leonid Tibilov emphasized that in the Republic highly appreciate the efforts and capabilities of the Italian politician.

Today has taken place the meeting of the President of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov with Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation - the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy of the Russian Federation to the North Caucasus Federal District Alexander Khloponin, who arrived in the Republic on a working visit to attend the 9th meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for Socio- Economic Cooperation between the Republic of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation.

The Commission of the Government on legislative activities approved the draft law «On ratification of the Agreement on trade regime for goods between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of South Ossetia», submitted by the Russian Foreign Ministry.
According to the official website of the Government of the Russian Federation, the agreement was signed in Moscow on March 2, 2012. The document provides for the duty-free importation of goods, while preserving to be seized for a number of commodity items.
The Agreement also provides for the collection of export duties on a number of products in the cases stipulated by Russian legislation. At the same time, the export customs duties are not applied to gasoline and diesel fuel intended for consumption in the territory of the Republic of South Ossetia in a limited volume.
The agreement contains rules other than those provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation, and is subject to ratification in accordance with subparagraph "a" of paragraph 1 of Article 15 of the Federal Law of July 15, 1995 № 101 of the FL "On International Treaties of the Russian Federation."
The agreement is aimed at resolving the situation with the application of tariff regulation measures in respect of goods produced in the Republic of South Ossetia after Russia`s recognition of the independence of South Ossetia.
The bill will be considered at a meeting of the Government.

Recently a new government led by Irakli Garibashvili came to power in Georgia. In his keynote speech to the parliamentarians Garibashvili also spoke on the issue of further participation of Georgia in the Geneva discussions. IA "Res" applied for comments on this matter to Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy of South Ossetia for post-conflict settlement, the head of the South Ossetian delegation at the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia Murat Dzhioev.

- The political forces that won the presidential elections in Georgia at the end of October 2013 actually had come to power a year ago, when the bloc "Georgian Dream" won a victory over supporters of Saakashvili at the parliamentary elections. The leader of this bloc Ivanishvili has repeatedly publicly stated the responsibility of Georgia and Saakashvili personally, for the war against the people of South Ossetia in August 2008. It was expected that the supporters of Ivanishvili not personally responsible for the atrocities of the regime of Saakashvili, would take real steps to normalize relations with South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
However, the statements made by some leaders of the Georgian government and non-constructive position of the Georgian delegation at the Geneva talks do not give rise to any euphoria.
Mr. Garibashvili told the parliamentarians that his government would "continue to participate in the Geneva talks to resolve the Russian-Georgian conflict and is not going to yield to Russia in the issue of the status of Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region."
It follows that the Georgian authorities are stubbornly trying to move away from the main goal of the Geneva discussions and steer the conversation into the direction of the Russian-Georgian relations. In fact, the Geneva discussions are conducted in accordance with the Medvedev and Nicolas Sarkozy agreements after the Georgian attack on South Ossetia and their main goal is to ensure lasting security of South Ossetia and Abkhazia by Georgia that is possible by the signing of legally binding bilateral agreements with solid international guarantees.
I`d like the new government of Georgia to assess and recognize the existing political realities, making steps to ensure real security in the region and to stop misleading the international community, trying to use it against the people of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
And more importantly - the status of South Ossetia and Abkhazia is not negotiable either in Geneva or anywhere else. It is determined by the peoples of South Ossetia and Abkhazia and recognized by many countries.

Some Georgian NGOs call on their government to dismantle the border signs on the border between South Ossetia and Georgia. How would you comment on the situation on the state border?

- All the demarcation works at the state border between the Republic of South Ossetia and Georgia, are carried out by the relevant services of South Ossetia in full accordance with the legislation and the sovereign right of the Republic of South Ossetia solely in the territory of South Ossetia at some distance from the border line. Neither the sovereignty, nor the territory of Georgia has been violated. If there are any attempts to dismantle the barrier or other structures, it will be considered a violation of our border and our frontier service will take all legal measures against the violators.

South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov has received representatives of the Ossetian Diaspora in Turkey: the Deputy Chairman of the Ossetian community in Turkey Jale Pukhaty and the owner of one of the central clinics in Istanbul Muzaffer Khuysaty with his wife, arrived in South Ossetia on a working visit.

South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov held a working meeting with the Government of the Republic, the leadership of the City Hall and the South Ossetian State University (South Ossetian State University).

South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov held a meeting with the heads of law enforcement agencies. At the beginning of the meeting Leonid Tibilov has congratulated the participants on the holiday of Dzheorguyba (St. George's Day), noting that this day is one of the major national holidays for Ossetian people.
The meeting discussed the current situation in the Tskhinval penal colony from where on November 16 had escaped the felon. Leonid Tibilov has noted that one of the basic versions of the incident is that the criminal has accomplices among the employees of the penal colony.
The Minister of Justice of the Republic Murat Vaneev has assured that the officers on duty, whose criminal negligence led to the escape, will be severely punished and they will bear criminal responsibility.
According to the Minister, the Prosecutor General of the Republic began criminal proceedings, and the Interior Ministry is engaged in search actions on capturing the escapee. The Minister reiterated that all those responsible would be punished.
Interior Minister Akhsar Lavoev has reported that all the units of the Ministry have been mobilized and are currently ongoing the search actions to capture the felon.
During the meeting, Prosecutor General Merab Chigoev reported on the results of his working visit to the Russian Federation. According to him, after a meeting with the leadership of the RF General Prosecutor's Office has been signed a program for cooperation between the agencies for 2014-2015.
At the meeting was also discussed the investigation of criminal cases sent to the Russian Federation. In particular, Merab Chigoev noted that some of the persons involved in criminal cases in South Ossetia and declared wanted, Prosecutor General's Office had repeatedly announced wanted in the territory of Russia. Among them are the former Chairman of the National Bank Oleg Dzantuev and the Chairman of the Commercial Bank "Bon -Bank" Vladislav Kokoev, indicted in September.
"We are talking about 150 million rubles, which Dzantuev illegally transferred to "Bon –Bank," then the money disappeared," - said the Prosecutor General.
During the meeting, Leonid Tibilov drew attention to another problem - the problem with wrong parking.
The head of state has stressed that one can often observe how motorists park their cars at their homes, shops, institutions, penetrating into the sidewalks.
"Paving is not intended for driving. Passers-by, bypassing the obstruction, are often forced to go out into the street,"- said the president.
The head of state ordered the Interior Ministry to provide assistance to the town hall in solving this issue.