Archive - 2012

Taking into accountthe U.S. role in supporting the Georgian chauvinist regime, there are not many people in South Ossetia who want to get the so-called ''neutral'' passports of Georgia.
This has been reported to IA "Res" by the Chairman of the Committee on Legislation, Law and Local Self-Government of the Parliament of South Ossetia Amiran Diaconov, commenting on the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during her visit to Georgia.
"If all the roads to the U.S are opened for the owners of these documents, I doubt that we `ll find a lot of people who `ll have a desire to get them", - said the deputy.

In July the South Ossetian boxer Atsamaz Dzigoev will perform in the forthcoming boxing championship of Russia among young people. This has been reported to IA "Res" by the coach of the athlete Murat Kokoev.

The South Ossetian delegation left for Geneva to attend the next round of discussions on security in Transcaucasia. As reported to IA "Res" by the head of the delegation Boris Chochiev, the delegation has included Foreign Minister David Sanakoev, presidential envoy to post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev and others.

The grand opening of a new Embassy complex of the Russian Federation in South Ossetia has taken place in Tskhinval. The ceremony was attended by the RSO President Leonid Tibilov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in the Republic of South Ossetia Elbrus Kargiev, head of North Ossetia Taimuraz Mamsurov, the delegation of the Russian Foreign Ministry, representatives of the presidential administration and government of South Ossetia, the Russian embassy staff.

The main topic of the next round of the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia remains the developing a document on the nonuse of force in the region.
This has been reported to IA "Res" by the head of the South Ossetian delegation at the Geneva talks Boris Chochiev.
"The agenda is still the same - to discuss security issues of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, as well as the humanitarian issues," - said Chochiev.

Today a new complex of the Russian Embassy in the Republic of South Ossetia will be opened in Tskhinval. As IA "Res" has been reported, ​​ an official reception will be held in the Russian Embassy on this occasion.
"Today's event has two meanings. The first - a reception for celebrating the Day of Russia on June 12, and the second - the opening of the Russian Embassy building,"- has been said at the embassy.

South Ossetian fighters Atsamaz Dzigoev and Radion Kumaritov have become the winners of the public and state athletics and sports association championship "Youth of Russia", held in Karachaevo-Cherkessia among athletes born 1994-1995.
This has been reported to IA "Res" by the coach of the athlete Murat Kokoev.

Russian delegation headed by Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Rashid Nurgaliyev has arrived in South Ossetiaon an official visit. In Tskhinval the guests met with President Leonid Tibilovand members of the government headed by Prime Minister Rostik Khugaev. They visited a number of new facilities for household purposes, including a new plant of building materials which is under construction to the south of Tskhinval.

South Ossetian professional boxer Murat Gassiev won the ratingbattle on 31 May in the city of Ufa.
This has been reported to IA "Res" by the coach of the athlete Vitaly Slanov.
"Gassiev held a fight with a three-time champion of Russia among professionals Taimuraz Keklidze. At the end of the first round, our athlete stroke several accurate blows and sending his opponent to the floor of the ring, won by knockout, "- said Slanov.

May 27 the "Days of the Ossetian Culture" were completed in Brussels (Belgium).
As IA "Res" has been informed by the Chairman of the non-commercial International Association «Renaissance Saendidzaen» («Revival») Radion Pukhaev, the event began on May 17 at the Russian Centre of Science and Culture in Brussels by holding the Round Table "The Bridges of Cooperation", which was attended by representatives of intelligentsia from Ossetia and the European countries.