Archive - 6/2013

The border areas of South Ossetia require more attention, it is necessary to improve the living and social conditions of the local population, said Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Rashid Nurgaliyev during a meeting with representatives of Russian and South Ossetian authorities.
According to him, the development of the cross-border program covers these villages, which are in dire need of schools, kindergartens, transport accessibility, water supply.

By the fifth anniversary of the recognition of the independence of South Ossetia, the people of the Republic will receive gifts -facilities, jobs and competent management solutions, announced today the head of the Ministry of Regional Development of Russia Igor Slyunyaev at a briefing in Tskhinval. He has noted that on the instructions of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin a representative group of Russian experts is working in the Republic second day with the task of helping the South Ossetian colleagues in the preparation of the investment program for the next three years.

South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov and Minister for Regional Development of Russia Igor Slyunyaev, who is in the Republic on a working visit, have inspected today the facilities under construction, social and road infrastructure in the districts and in the capital of South Ossetia.
The Republican leadership and the guests have visited a kindergarten in the village of Dzau (Dzausky district), which was put into operation two weeks ago. The delegation viewed the premises and the surrounding area, talked to the staff of the kindergarten.

Minister of Regional Development of Russia Igor Slyunyaev has arrived in South Ossetia on a working visit. The Russian official was received by President of the Republic Leonid Tibilov at his residence in Dzau district.

On Tuesday, June 4, a working group of representatives of the federal bodies of executive power of Russia will arrive in South Ossetia. As the news agency "Res" was informed at the press service of the president and the government of South Ossetia, the Russian delegation's visit would take place within the framework of implementation of the agreements between the President of the Republic of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov and the Russian President Vladimir Putin reached during a meeting in Sochi, May 21, 2013.

On May 31 General Prosecutor of Georgia Archil Kbilashvili during a meeting with the relatives of the missing citizens of South Ossetia promised to resume the investigation and apply all efforts to clarify their fate. As IA "Res" was informed by Presidential Commissioner for Human Rights of South Ossetia Inal Tasoev, the meeting had been organized with the assistance of the OSCE Representative Andria Deshchitsa.

South Ossetia was visited by the non-profit organizations of Italy - a representative of the Association "Abkhazia - Italy," Giorgio Lorenzi, President of the Association «Alfabeto» Mauro Mosconi, as well as the Italian university professor Mauro Murgia.

Festive events dedicated to the International Day of the Child were arranged in the capital of South Ossetia on Theater Square. The holiday of fun and positive was organized for the kids by the Committee on Youth Policy, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of South Ossetia.

Statement of the Committee for State Security (KGB) of the RSO

During the last week the situation at the state border between the Republic of South Ossetia and Georgia has seriously worsened.
The Georgian authorities, misinforming the population that in some areas South Ossetia "a few hundred metres moved the border line deep into the Georgian territory," incite the residents of the settlements, bordering on South Ossetia, to provocations.