Archive - 20/6/2013

Tomorrow, June 21in the village of Ergneti, at the border of South Ossetia will be held the 35 meeting in the format of Mechanisms for Prevention and Reaction to Incidents (MPRI). As the news agency "Res" was informed at the office of Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement, the parties would discuss issues related to security in the areas adjacent to the border of South Ossetia."There will be an overview of the incidents taking place at the border between South Ossetia and Georgia since the last meeting of MPRI May 31.

In addition to the military confrontation with Georgia, South Ossetia is known for its rich history, but in the Russian information space the Republic is often associated with corruption scandals and political upheaval. This opinion was expressed by Director of the Russian Center for Political Science "North-South", the Deputy Dean of the History Department of the Moscow State University Alexey Vlasov, during a meeting with the faculty and students of the South Ossetian State University. In his lecture "Politics in post-Soviet Russia: Current Status and Prospects" Vlasov expressed his vision on Russia`s political relations with the countries of the South Caucasus - Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia.

A meeting of representatives of the Russian Political Studies Center "North-South" and the Moscow State University named after Mikhail Lomonosov, with the teaching staff of the South Ossetian State University named Alexander Tibilov, has been held in the capital of South Ossetia.