Государственное информационное агентство "Рес"

Four citizens of Georgia, who have been detained by the border guards of the Border service of KGB in the RSO for violating the frontier on 18 May, are feeling themselves well and have no claims concerning the prison conditions. The detainees themselves have told about it in the course of the meeting with the journalists in Tskhinval. They don`t speak Russian so they were associating with the journalists through the translator. According to the words of the 20-year- old inhabitant of the village Modzvi (Sachkherskiy region, Georgia) Nodzadze, early in the morning of the 18 of May, he went to the wood by minibus with the other villagers for picking up the .wild plants. «There were eleven of us in the minibus. We have arrived in the wood and began picking up the wild plants. Approximately .in half an hour the armed people in military form came up to the tree, on which I was at that moment, and offered me to come down ", - has told Nodzadze. He has reported that the shooting started at the moment of their detention, but being under stress he did not understand, who was shooting and what weapon it was "The people sitting in the minibus had no any weapon", - has confirmed Nodzadze.

Four citizens of Georgia detained on 18 May in South Ossetia for violating the boundary, will be expelled to the Georgian territory in the nearest future. It has been reported by the Deputy Head of the Border service of KGB in the RSO Robert Gazzaev. He has reported that the investigating measures were undertaken towards the detainees.

On the Day of memory and grief - 20 May in South Ossetia will be held the mourning events, dedicated to the 19-th anniversary of Zarskaya tragedy. As the Deputy Minister of Culture of the RSO Dzhulietta Dzheranova has reported IA "Res», the laying flowers and wreaths to the monument of the victims of Zarskaya tragedy will take place in the village Zar."A mourning meeting with the participation of the leadership of the Republic, the deputies of the parliament, the representatives of the government, and the public organizations of South Ossetia will be held there", - has said Dzheranova. She has noted that tomorrow since ten o`clock in the morning the buses will leave for the place of the tragedy- village Zar- from the central square of Tskhinval.

The Delegation from South Ossetia is intending to leave for Israel, where it will hold a range of the meetings with Israeli journalists and businessmen, as well as with the representatives of the ossetian diaspora in this Middle East country. The visit of the delegation headed by the head of the. Government administration of the RSO Eleonora Bedoeva and the chief editor of the newspaper "South Ossetia" Zalina Tskhovrebova will take place on invitation of the executive manager of the Israeli office of the worldwide congress of the russian-language Jewry Elion Vilenchik. "In the course of the trip we shall meet with the journalists of the russian-language publications in Israel for further interaction and expansion of the informational space of South Ossetia. We are also planning to work out the joint journalistic projects for struggling with the fascist manifestations all over the world", - has told IA "Res" the chief editor of the newspaper "South Ossetia" Zalina Tskhovrebova.

The question of entering the Russian Federation in the World Trade Organization (WTO) will not be connected with the Georgian ambitions on checking up the border of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. It has been declared IA "Res" by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia Murat Dzhioev, commenting the position of Georgia related to joining Russia in the WTO. "This question was being discussed between Russia and Georgia in the course of many years, but the authorities of Georgia politicize this problem using the incorrect comic elements. The question of entering Russia in WTO will not be connected with the Georgian ambitions on controlling the neighboring sovereign states – the Republic of South Ossetia and Abkhazia", - has declared the Head of the foreign policy department of the RSO. Dzhioev has noted that checking up the pass system on the boundary of Russia, South Ossetia and Abkhazia is only the business of these states establishing their relationship based on the contractual Law in accordance with the international standards. «Georgia has not to apply to these states, as to the bilateral relations of any other state" - has emphasized the Minister.

On 18 May, near the village Lopan in Znaurskiy region a group of the Georgian citizens, residing at the territory of South Ossetia illegally, were detained by the border guards of the Border service of the KGB of South Ossetia in the course of the actions on guarding the boundary. It has been reported IA "Res" by the press-service of the KGB of the RSO.

The measures on providing the passport system, which has started today on 17 May, were discussed at the government session of the Republic. As noted by the chairman of the meeting, the Deputy Prime Minister of the government of the RSO Domenty Kulumbegov, the lack of the passport forms upon the model of 2006 has become a problem for many inhabitants of South Ossetia in getting the principal document, certifying the citizenship of the RSO.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia has sent its congratulations to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Finance of the Republic of Nauru on the occasion of the Constitution Day of the Republic of Nauru. In the congratulation, in particular, is said: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South of Ossetia expresses its high respect to the Ministry of foreign affairs, trade and finance of the Republic of Nauru and has the honour to direct its sincere congratulations on celebrating the Constitution Day of the Republic of Nauru. Constitution is not only the attribute of the statehood, but also the legislative confirmation of the will of people, expressed in the course of elections and referendum, the warranty of equal facilities, protection of rights and civil liberties of people, the guarantee of democratic changes, occurring in any society.

The world sport championship on weights among the veterans has taken place in the Belorussian city Vitebsk on March 31-April 4. The athlete from Archangel Vladislav Zhgilev, representing South Ossetia has become the gold prizewinner among the veterans of the age group- 65-69 years. Zhgilev has won the gold medal of the world championship twice, competing for the part of South Ossetia in the weight class before 110 kg. Today the veteran of the weight sport has arrived in Tskhinval and at the ceremony has handed on the won medals to the management of physical culture and sport of the Ministry of Education, Science and Youth Policy of the RSO.

Flash-poll: At the end of May the senate of the USA is going to discuss the draft resolution, which proclaims the territorial wholeness of Georgia; it also contains the appeal to Russia to withdraw its troops to the positions, they have been stationed before August 2008. In the draft resolution the actions of Russia -as a participant of the conflict- are condemned, and South Ossetia and Abkhazia are called the «territories, occupied by Russia". In your opinion, why the American senators have revived this theme?

Alan Pliev, Deputy Foreign Minister of the RSO:
The position of the senators L.Trem and D.Shakhin is their personal opinion, and I hope, it will not dominate at the Senate of the USA considering the policy of "reset". Neither South Ossetia, nor Abkhazia pretend to another’s territories and want to live with the surrounding countries in peace, without infringing the rights of the neighboring people.