Archive - 25/8/2013

Delegations from Russia and from the republics of the North Caucasus are arriving in South Ossetia on the eve of the fifth anniversary of Russia's recognition of independence of the Republic. South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov has received the delegation of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, headed by the deputy of the NKR Parliament Armen Sargsyan, arrived in the Republic to participate in the festivities on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of Russia's recognition of independence of South Ossetia.

Today, on the eve of the fifth anniversary of Russia's recognition of independence of the Republic South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov presented Laura Tedeeva - a native of South Ossetia, currently living in the United States-with Order of Friendship.
In August 2008, despite the obstacles created in the West, Laura Tedeeva and her niece Amanda Kokoeva appeared live on TV channel Fox News, telling the truth about the events, that it was Georgia that had attacked the sleeping town.
"It is symbolic that you are in your homeland these days. In August, five years ago, you and a little girl Amanda broke through the information blockade around South Ossetia. It was a great support for us. Thank you for being with us, thank you for patriotism and your high civic stand, "- said the president.
Laura Tedeeva, in turn, thanked the President for so high appreciation.
"I am always with my people in my heart", - she said, wishing South Ossetia peace and prosperity.
Today the President has also presented the correspondent of the TV channel ''Russia'' Andrei Chistyakov with Order of Friendship for objective coverage of the events in August 2008.
Certificate of Honour of the RSO was presented to the camera operator of the TV channel "Russia'' Eugeny Radaev.

In the near future it is not expected any warming in relations between Russia and Georgia, said a senior researcher at the Center for Caucasus and regional security of the Moscow State Institute of International relations (MGIMO) Vladimir Mukhanaw at a political science conference in Tskhinval.
"So I would not talk about the price of this warming for South Ossetia," - he said.
According to the expert, both sides have not expressed any signs of rapprochement so far.
"One could observe only some feeble attempts for normalization. There were not taken real steps in this direction, and no one is expecting it, "- said the expert.
He has stressed that the official positions of Russia and Georgia differ so much that any warming is not real in the near future.
"There is not any convergence of positions on the issues related to the renewal of diplomatic relations", - added Mukhanaw.

Just setting the global geopolitical goals one can talk about the safe and progressive advance of Ossetia. This was stated by the head of the Caucasus Studies Sector of the Russian Institute of Strategic Researches Jana Amelina at a political science conference in Tskhinval.

A political science conference "August aggression of Georgia and the recognition of independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, geopolitical implications, lessons and conclusions", dedicated to the fifth anniversary of Russia's recognition of the independence of South Ossetia has started today in Tskhinval.