Archive - 4/2012

A ceremonial meeting devoted to the third anniversary of entering the Russian FSS Border Control Agency into the territory of the Republic of South Ossetia has been held in Tskhinval. The meeting was attended by President of the RSO Leonid Tibilov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in the Republic of South Ossetia Elbrus Kargiev, a commander of the 4th Russian military base Alexander Shushukin, Minister of Defense of South Ossetia Valery Yakhnovets, the management and employees of the FSS Border Control Agency of Russia in South Ossetia, the Russian border guards` families. According to the head of the FSS Border Control Agency of Russia in South Ossetia, Colonel Valery Reznichenko, three years the Russian border guards have been patrolling the border of South Ossetia with Georgia in accordance with an agreement between Russia and South Ossetia on joint efforts to protect the state border of South Ossetia, which was signed April 30, 2009.

Atsamaz Dzigoev has reached the semifinal of the 27th All-Russia tournament on boxing in memory of the Olympic bronze medalist in Tokyo Vadim Emelyanov. As reported to IA "Res" by a coach of the athlete Murat Kokoev, "in his next match with a representative of the North Sea team our athlete won by TKO. The fight was stopped before the end of the first round".

The proposal of Saakashvili to resign is not interesting, not even acceptable, because it has no relation to reality. This has been said IA "Res" by a Chief of the Caucasus Research Department of the Russian Institute of Strategic Studies Jana Amelina, commenting on the statement by the president of Georgia on his readiness to resign, in order to return South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

Presentation of the International Tracing Service (ITS) has taken place in the capital of South Ossetia. The event was attended by representatives of the South Ossetian media, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), the community and students of the South-Ossetian State University.

The management of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) office in Tskhinval presented a new tractor to the administration of Tskhinvalskiy district of South Ossetia. According to the head of the ICRC office in Tskhinval Pierre Rayshel, the machinery was acquired by the Red Cross to implement the project on construction the water conduit to the village of Satikar.

A photo exhibition "People and Fates" dedicated to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) activities in South Ossetia and in the world has started in Tskhinval. The event dedicated to people of the North Caucasus and South Ossetia, was attended by representatives of the authorities, media and public, as well as the clergy and the Russian Embassy in the Republic of South Ossetia.

Despite the appeals of the international community to peoples all over the world to adhere to civilized forms of settling controversial issues, the armed conflicts remain a spirit of our time and bring humans sufferings and misery. Awareness of this poor reality was a powerful spur to create the international human rights institutions and the different humanitarian organizations.

South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov has received a delegation of Transdniestrian Moldavian Republic, headed by Deputy Prime Minister Natalia Nikiforova. During the meeting, Leonid Tibilov noted that South Ossetia and Transdniestria were friends for over 20 years and expressed confidence that this relationship would go on.

South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Nicaragua in South Ossetia, Luis Alberto Molina Cuadro. During the meeting they discussed issues of cooperation and implementation the agreements on cooperation and visa-free travel signed between the two countries. The meeting was also attended by the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, Murat Dzhioev and the Ambassador of South Ossetia in the Russian Federation Dmitry Medoev.
Leonid Tibilov has thanked the Ambassador of Nicaragua for his visit to the Republic, having noted that he instructed the Foreign Ministry to prepare proposals and make every effort to implement these agreements. "I am confident that we will continue our cooperation", - said the president. In turn, the Ambassador of Nicaragua expressed gratitude for his warm welcome in South Ossetia.

Since taking office by the new president of South Ossetia, the Government of the Republic has resigned. The last meeting of the current composition of the Cabinet has been held today under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Vadim Brovtsev. During the meeting, the cabinet members were briefed by the Finance Minister of South Ossetia Irina Sytnik on budgetary performance for the first quarter of 2012, approved the minutes of the Supervisory Board meeting on the special accounts expenditure and approved the investment program to promote socio-economic development of South Ossetia in 2011-2013. The last for consideration was placed the question of resignation of the Government of the Republic.