Государственное информационное агентство "Рес"

This is the first case in the sports history of South Ossetia when our athletes became winners and prize-winners of a tournament of such scale.

Arthur Loloev and Donna Dudaeva won gold medals at the all-style karate world championship, which is taking place these days in Moscow, said a trainer Mamed Kulumbegov.

Arthur performed in the weight class up to 72 kg. It is noteworthy that our athlete completed all three of the duels conducted during the tournament ahead of schedule, sending the rivals to knock out.

Deputies of the Parliament of South Ossetia intend to prepare an appeal to the State Duma on the book "Ossetians in the service of the Third Reich," said the Parliament Speaker Alan Tadtaev.

“It was recently released by Ingush provocateurs and falsifiers of history. I want to note that in fact in history this has never happened and we will not allow anyone to rewrite history. And we agreed that on this fact the Parliament will also appeal to the State Duma of the Russian Federation,” the press service quoted the Speaker.

The November events of 1989 were dedicated by laying of flowers on the southern outskirts of Tskhinval. A monument has been erected here, symbolizing the steadfastness and courage of the sons of Ossetia, who, thirty years ago holding hands, formed a “living chain” on the path of armed Georgian nationalists, preventing them from breaking into the city. The event participants - hundreds of residents of South Ossetia laid flowers at the memorial, once again recalling the heroic annals of their people.

Significant date

On Saturday, the public of the Republic will lay flowers at the memorial of courage and national unity, installed at the entrance to Tskhinval on the Priss Upland, in memory of the events of November 23, 1989. The very place where 30 years ago residents of Tskhinval blocked the path of the Georgian nationalists.

The American independent record company specializing in academic music Delos Records has nominated the album of opera singer, People's Artist of South and North Ossetia, Honored Artist of Russia Veronika Dzhioeva "Ritorna vincitor" for the prestigious International Classical Music Awards (ICMA).

The album was recorded with the Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Konstantin Orbelian.

The International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) is the most respected award in the world for achievements in sound recording and performing arts.

Representatives of the leadership of South Ossetia, led by President Anatoly Bibilov, representatives of law enforcement agencies, ministries and departments, the public of the Republic laid flowers at the memorial at the entrance to Tskhinval, near the Zguder Mountain, where on November 23, 1989, a large column of Georgian neo-Nazis was stopped.

The head of state of Alania, Anatoly Bibilov, called on South Ossetian artists to develop a sketch for the future monument to the guys opposing the thousands of Georgian hordes on November 23, 1989. He stated this at a solemn meeting dedicated to the thirtieth anniversary of the Day of Courage and National Unity. “On the day of the thirty-fifth anniversary, we should lay flowers not on the stone, but on the memorial monument,” said Anatoly Bibilov.

The head of the State Committee for Information and Press of South Ossetia, Maria Kotaeva, summed up the results of the past week at a briefing at the Sputnik-South Ossetia press center, and also spoke about the significant events planned for the near future.

According to Maria Kotaeva, the outgoing week was remembered by the artificially raised noise around the arrest of the Georgian doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili, who had illegally crossed the border of South Ossetia from Georgia.

The Georgian doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili, who was detained in South Ossetia for violating the border, crossed the border for personal purposes, not for treating the patient, at the time of his arrest he was drunk and behaved aggressively, told Deputy Chairman of the Parliament of South Ossetia Alexander Pliev to RIA Novosti.

The II International Conference "The Role of Interaction of Factions of Political Parties and Blocs in Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation of the CIS Countries" was held in the State Duma. A delegation of the South Ossetian Parliament led by Speaker Alan Tadtaev took part in its work. The Speaker of the Parliament told in detail about the work of the conference as a whole and about the meetings of parliamentarians held in the framework of the Forum, the press service reported.