Archive - 2012

NATO has once again reaffirmed its unswerving stance on the status of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Washington and Brussels are still seeing these states, recognized by Russia, as a part of Georgia, and it is unlikely that such declarations have only the character of public rhetoric. They suggest a set of actions aiming to adjust the status quo in the region, created after August 2008. This is already affecting and will further affect the functioning of international and European formats, within the frames of which are discussed the issues of security and stability inTranscaucasia.

President of the Republic of South Ossetia, Leonid Tibilov has received today athletes of the sport and martial arts national team.

Contrary to the evident reality NATO continues to call to Russia to abolish its acknowledgment of the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, while supporting Georgia's aspiration to join NATO. Such an opinion in an interview with IA "Res" was expressed by Chief of the Caucasus Research of the Russian Institute of Strategic Studies JanaAmelina, commenting on the statement, made at the NATO summit in Chicago.

The statement of NATO made at the summit in Chicago is destructive, and it is more like a clearing of the site for warfare against the Republic of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. This has been said IA "Res" by Special Representative of the Association of the border cooperation in Central Asia and Caucasus Mikhail Chernov, commenting on the statement of leaders of the countries - NATO members, which expressed concern about the expansion of Russia's military presence in Abkhazia and South Ossetia and called to Moscow to abolish its acknowledgment of the independence of these republics.

A professional boxer from South Ossetia Murat Gassiev will fight the next bout in Ufa (Bashkortostan) on May 31. This has been said IA "Res" by the coach of the athlete Vitaly Slanov.
"The fight will take place in the weight class 90 kg. Gassiev will hold the six-round match with the Russian boxer Vladimir Semenov. The opponent of our athlete is 34 years old. To date, he has already held 28 fights, "- said Slanov. According to him, Semenov is rather experienced athlete of great physical strength and power.

An athlete from Tskhinval Richard Bitiev won his first preliminary boxing match in the championship of Russia among young people.
As IA "Res" has been reported by the coach of the athlete Vitaly Slanov, "Bitiev is performing in the heavyweight class. His opponent was an athlete from Ingushetia, who had previously become a winner of the North Caucasus federal district. In the first round our boxer took the lead and knocked him down. Further the advantage of Bitiev was evident throughout the fight, and the bout ended with a score 20: 2 in his favor".

The Ossetian professional boxer, the European champion under the WBC version in the weight class up to 66.6 kg Aslanbek Kozaev had another bout with the famous Filipino professional boxer - the world champion under versions of WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO Manny Pacquiao. This has been said IA "Res" by the coach of the athlete Vitaly Slanov. "It was the six-round sparring, unlike the previous one, which lasted four rounds. The sparring was held while Pacquiao was being trained for his next fight. June 4 Manny Pacquiao will have to fight for the world title with an American boxer, the world champion of the WBO, Timothy Bradley and our athlete is helping him in training", said Slanov.

Today South Ossetia is marking one of the most tragic dates in the history of the Republic - the day of the Zar tragedy. Exactly 20 years ago a convoy of refugees - South Ossetian civilians, fleeing from the war along the «lifeline», was attacked by the Georgian armed thugs, who shot point-blank the women, children and old people. Ossetia was shocked by unprecedented brutality and cynicism of the Georgian murderers who had not spared even the 12-year-old child, finishing him off by "checking shot". 36 Ossetians became the victims of this tragedy; among them there were two children, ten women and eight old people.

Communication of the Foreign Ministry of South Ossetia in connection with the 20th anniversary of the Zar tragedy

May 20, 2012 commemorative events, dedicated to the victims of the Georgian aggression against the peaceful population of South Ossetia are being held in the Republic of South Ossetia.

The Zar tragedy of May 20, 1992. Witnesses' memories.

Alla Dzhioeva, senior lecturer of the journalism department of the South-Ossetian State University:

No any sensible person will forget the day of the Zar tragedy not only in South Ossetia, but in the whole world, for the shooting of the Ossetian ordinary citizens, including the children, by the Georgian neo-fascists cannot leave anyone indifferent. At that time I was a student of the Faculty of Journalism of the North-Ossetian State University.