Государственное информационное агентство "Рес"

In December 2021, 55 violators of the law in the border area were detained at various sections of the state border of South Ossetia, the press service of the KGB of the republic reports on Thursday.

"Of them: 33 are violators of the regime of the state border, 22 - of the border regime," the agency clarifies. The Border Service of the State Security Committee conducted investigations on each fact of violation of legal regimes.

President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov congratulated Daniel Ortega on his assumption of the office of President of the Republic of Nicaragua, the press service of the head of state reported.

812 people who served in the Ossetian peacekeeping battalion from 1992 to 2009 began receiving monthly cash payments in 2021 in South Ossetia, another 190 will receive payments in the near future, Alan Dzhussoev, First Deputy Head of the Presidential Executive Office of South Ossetia, told the “Res” news agency.

President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov has made a statement in connection with the situation in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

"With deep concern we are following the events unfolding over the past days in the Republic of Kazakhstan, where a number of regions have been engulfed in riots. The escalation of riots accompanied by acts of looting and vandalism, violent actions by the militants who seized weapons arsenals has led to the death of people," the head of state said in a statement issued on Saturday.

The first thing that comes to mind is the firm feeling that no one can feel secured against a sudden attack by international terrorist forces, South Ossetian Foreign Minister Dmitry Medoev said on Friday commenting on the events in Kazakhstan to the “Res” news agency.

For the Orthodox, one of the most important Christian holidays has come - the Nativity of Christ. On the night of January 6-7, services were held in the churches of the Holy Trinity of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos and the holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Kings Constantine and Helena of the Alan Diocese in Tskhinval, as well as in the Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos in the village of Khetagurovo.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia intends to continue to be guided by the national interests of the Republic of South Ossetia, increasing the efficiency of its work on the implementation of the key foreign policy goals, strengthening its positions in the international arena and creating strong guarantees of security and sovereignty of the state, - the press service of the Foreign Ministry told the IA “Res”.

In 2021, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia carried out active work on the implementation of the state policy in the field of international relations and the establishment of foreign policy, the department attached particular importance to the deepening of relations between the Republic and subjects of the Russian Federation.

"The Foreign Ministry also continued productive work to strengthen and develop friendly ties with the states that had recognized the sovereignty of the Republic of South Ossetia," the press service of the Foreign Ministry told the IA “Res”.

South Ossetian Foreign Minister Dmitry Medoev called the outgoing year difficult, but interesting, answering journalists' questions about the results of the year.

“This year we have lost many our citizens, friends, relatives. The fight against the new virus continues, but despite this, the state authorities of the Republic of South Ossetia continue their activities, and no any pandemic has prevented the Foreign Ministry and my colleagues from working effectively. The year turned out to be interesting in terms of foreign policy interaction,” he stressed.

President Anatoly Bibilov met with Foreign Minister Dmitry Medoev, the presidential press service reported.

First of all, the head of state noted the productive work of the foreign policy department.

“Very positive and well-directed work. Undoubtedly, those trips that you had are very significant for the Republic of South Ossetia,” he said, after which he asked to report on the results of the meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergei Lavrov.