Archive - 9/8/2019

Fri, 09/08/2019 - 18:32

Russian border guards are not involved in arranging the border line between South Ossetia and Georgia - Zakharova

The official representative of the Russian diplomacy criticized the Georgian and Western media on the background of the 11th anniversary of the August 2008 events

Russian border guards do not conduct any work on the border between South Ossetia and Georgia. This was stated on Friday by the director of the Information and Press Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, during a briefing at the site of the Territory of Meanings All-Russian Youth Educational Forum.

Fri, 09/08/2019 - 18:31

South Ossetia is ready for a direct dialogue with Georgia, says the Russian Foreign Ministry

South Ossetia is ready to directly engage in dialogue with Georgia on any issues, and statements that Russia is preventing this are myths, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.

"The South Ossetian side is ready for an open dialogue with Georgian representatives - this is a very important point - on any current issues and problems," Zakharova said at a briefing on Friday.

Fri, 09/08/2019 - 17:15

Crimean Parliament has approved the trade cooperation agreement with South Ossetia

The State Council of the Republic of Crimea at an extraordinary session approved an agreement on trade, economic, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation with South Ossetia, the TASS news agency reported.

On April 18, 2019, as part of the V Yalta International Economic Forum, the head of Crimea Sergey Aksenov and President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov signed an agreement on trade, economic, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation for 2019-2022.

Fri, 09/08/2019 - 17:13

More than incorrect, - Plenipotentiary on the US call to abolish recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia

Republic of South Ossetia was proclaimed in 1990, and since then has had nothing to do with the territorial integrity of Georgia as a state. Therefore, when the United States or other UN states and international organizations affirm their recognition of the territorial integrity of Georgia, one should proceed from the composition, the territory in which Georgia entered the international community in 1992.

The Embassy of South Ossetia in Abkhazia commemorated those lost in the 2008 war

The embassy of South Ossetia in Abkhazia commemorated the peacekeepers, militias, soldiers and officers of the Russian army and civilians in Tskhinval perished in August 2008. President of Abkhazia Raul Khadjimba, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia Daur Kove, the head of the government of the Republic Valery Bganba and the Russian Ambassador to Abkhazia Alexey Dvinyanin took part in the memorial event, held on Thursday at the embassy of South Ossetia in Abkhazia.

The memory of those killed during the aggression of Georgia against South Ossetia was honored in Rome

The head of the mission of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia in Italy, Mauro Murja, on the occasion of the 11th anniversary of the Georgian aggression in August 2008, laid flowers at the memorial in the Ardeatine caves of Rome.

"In this way, we honored the memory of the lost civilians of South Ossetia who were aggressed by Georgia 11 years ago. The laying of flowers at the monument erected in the Ardeatine caves in memory of Italians executed there by the Nazis in 1944 has a certain symbolic meaning," said Murja RIA Novosti.

Fri, 09/08/2019 - 07:52

The memory of the defenders of South Ossetia was honored in Tiraspol

Laying flowers and a memorial service in memory of the defenders of South Ossetia killed 11 years ago took place on Thursday, in Tiraspol near the chapel of St. George the Victorious, at the Memorial of Military Glory, reported the news Agency "News of Transnistria".

The event was attended by Deputy Prime Minister 0 Minister of Health of the PMR Alexei Turcan, head of the official representative office of South Ossetia in Transnistria, Vitaliy Yankovsky, members of the government, representatives of the authorities and the Public Chamber.

In the millstones of history, in a practically hopeless situation, it is worth going to the end, - Mikhail Chernov

Small nations should go to the end even in a hopeless situation, the interlocutor of the “Realist” news agency notes, recalling the lessons of the August 2008 war

Ossetians made their choice in favor of Russia - in wars and conflicts they created a state, defended it and gained recognition and the statehood. This was stated by Chairman of the Board of the Fund for Support and Development of Jewish Culture, Traditions, Education and Science Mikhail Chernov.