Archive - 2013

Today in the Russian 4th military base in the capital of South Ossetia was held a farewell ceremony for the banner of the
commander of the detachment, Major-General Alexander Shushukin.
The event was attended by the President of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov, commander of the 58th Army of the Southern
Military District of Russia Major-General Andrei Gurulyov, the new commander of the 4th Russian military base in South
Ossetia Colonel Mikhail Polishchuk, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the

The weekly meeting with the heads of the power ministries and agencies South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov began with a minute of silence for the victims of the car accident that took place last week in the Republic, informed IA "Res" a press Secretary of the RSO President Ghana Yanovskaya.
Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Akhsar Lavoev reported on the operational situation in South Ossetia. The head of state asked the Minister to pay special attention to the situation on the roads of the capital, as well as the highways of national importance.
According to Lavoev, for the past week in South Ossetia were registered 136 traffic violations , 16 of which are classified as violations of driving under the influence.
Leonid Tibilov has noted that last week was held a meeting of the Coordinating Council, which discussed the issue of the increased road accidents in the Republic.
The head of state has stressed that the problem with the increased number of accidents is important and is yet to be solved. As stressed the head of state, often the culprits of the accidents are citizens themselves, driving under the influence.
"We need to establish a good driving school for our citizens, which will graduate competent drivers" - the president said.
The Head of State has informed that it was made a decision to delegate the functions of the driving school to the South - Ossetian State University. During the meeting, some ministers reported on the earlier instructions. In particular, Justice Minister Murat Vaneev has reported that the problem to provide medical care to the seriously ill prisoners has been partially solved.
"Today, one of the prisoners will be examined by a surgeon, who will arrive in the Republic under the agreement. Unfortunately, the state of health of another prisoner requires hospitalization outside South Ossetia. With this question we have a problem "- said Vaneev.
At the end of the meeting the President has underlined that the work of the ministries should be of high quality. "I`ll be checking on the spot how the work is progressing, including the law enforcement agencies. I has started today with the Ministry of Construction and then the other agencies ", - concluded the president.

The South Ossetian leadership has extended the term of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the Republic. The decision was taken today at a meeting of the Government of the Republic, which was held under the chairmanship of the President Leonid Tibilov. Deputy Foreign Minister Alan Kochiev noted that the tenure of the ICRC in South Ossetia would end on November 1 and proposed to extend it for one year. After a lengthy discussion, the government voted for the extension for six months. The head of state instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to request the ICRC detailed report on the work done during the last year and the plan for the coming year.
At the meeting, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Government of South Ossetia Tarzan Kokoev introduced a draft law "On the administrative supervision of the persons released from places of imprisonment." He has noted that the abolition of the administrative supervision of the persons has shown that individuals of this category committed crimes both in the Republic and abroad.
"Therefore, I believe that it is necessary to adopt this law for prevention of crimes and other offenses by former prisoners," – stressed Kokoev.
This bill was unanimously approved by the Cabinet.
Minister of Culture of the Republic Makharbeg Kokoev submitted a draft law "On protection and use of immovable monuments of cultural history of South Ossetia."
"This law is essential for our Republic. The law is aimed at implementing the constitutional obligation of every citizen to take care of the preservation of historical and cultural heritage,"- said Kokoev.
This bill was also unanimously approved.
Minister of Economic Development of South Ossetia raised a question to establish a special commission to determine the conditions of cancellation and prolongation of debts of small and medium-sized enterprises of the RSO before the public corporation "Joint-stock Savings Bank of South Ossetia," the National Bank and the state budget of South Ossetia.
During the meeting were also approved the establishment of rules and methods and the size of a one-time annual fee for the use of radio frequency spectrum in the RSO.

In the period from October18 to 25 the Border Service of the KGB of South Ossetia considered the cases against seven people.
Two people were detained for illegal transportation of goods across the state border, two for violation of the frontier zone of the state border and three –for violation of the regime of the state border.
"Four of them are citizens of South Ossetia, one -a Russian citizen, and two of them - citizens of Georgia," – confirmed the KGB official.
Three citizens of South Ossetia from among the four citizens detained this week, by a court decision were fined, one citizen of the Republic of South Ossetia is under investigation.
" October 19, a citizen of Georgia, a resident of the village of Adzvistavi, Gori district, Eldar Gundrishvili was fined by a court decision and expelled from the Republic. The second Georgian citizen, a resident of the village of Plavi, Gori district, Robinson Terashvili is under investigation, "- said the KGB official.
A citizen of Russia was verbally warned and released.

October 21 and 22 near the village of Balta in Znaur district of South Ossetia the border guards of the FSB Border Control Agency of Russia in South Ossetia discovered two caches of weapons and ammunition.
"In one of the caches were two grenades to the rifle-attached grenade launcher and four projectiles to 30 -mm automatic gun, in the other one - a 16 -gauge double-barreled shotgun, three F-1 grenades with fuses and more than 600 cartridges for small arms. The content of the caches were seized by employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic", - said a representative of the Border Control Agency.
According to the press service official, for the last week have also been detained four violators of the state border near the villages of Artsev, Disev and Tsinagar.
"Two cases of violation of the state border have been connected with the illegal goods transportation across the state border of the Republic of South Ossetia, and near the village of Tsinagar – with the illegal crossing of the state border."
The press service official has noted that a violation of the state border of South Ossetia near the village of Disev was recorded by a video-lokator system "Rubezh," established along the border in the flat part of Tskhinval district.

Another incident involving the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia has recently occurred at the state border between South Ossetia and Georgia.
As the news agency "Res" has been informed at the press service of the KGB, the armed Georgian policemen in masks, accompanied by a patrol car of the Interior Ministry and the Defence Ministry for 300 m penetrated into the territory of South Ossetia and attempted to set a post on the road between the villages of Tsnelis and Kalet in Znaur district.
"The police attempted to stop a grader, working on a road and detain the driver, a resident of the settlement of Znaur. After the appearance of the border guards, the Georgian police left the territory of South Ossetia," - told the KGB.
Currently this stretch of the state border is under observation; the situation in the area is calm.

President of the Republic of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov has received today a new commander of the Russian 4th military base of the Guards in South Ossetia, Guards Colonel Mikhail Ivanovich Polishchuk, who succeeded Major-General Alexander Shushukin –a commander of the 4th military base since its establishment in 2009.
As IA "Res" has been reported at the press service of the President of South Ossetia, the meeting was attended by Prime Minister of South Ossetia Rostislav Khugaev, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of South Ossetia Elbrus Kargiev and former commander of the Russian 4th military base of the Guards Alexander Shushukin.
The head of state highly appreciated the achievements of Alexander Shushukin in the formation and construction of the military base.
" We remember well in what difficult field conditions you had to work. Today is another reality, and Mikhail Ivanovich will have to work in a more favorable conditions, "- said Leonid Tibilov.
The President has stressed that since the formation of the fourth military base has developed a good tradition of good relations between Russian servicemen with the leadership and the local population of the Republic.
"I am confident that this tradition will continue with the arrival of a new commander, and all the issues we face, will be resolved in the course of our joint meetings," - said the President of South Ossetia.
"Russia has every reason to believe that the fourth military base is deployed in the absolutely friendly country, - said in turn the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to South Ossetia Elbrus Kargiev. - The attitude of the local population to the Russian servicemen, as well as to Russia as a whole, is extremely positive. The people of South Ossetia remember the events of August 2008 and are grateful to the Russian servicemen, whose deployment here is a factor of peace and a guarantee of stability. "
The Russian ambassador has also noted that the already established tradition of partnership of combat collaboration of the Russian fourth military base with the detachments of the South Ossetian army will be further strengthening.

In Tskhinval is under way the filming of a documentary about the South Ossetian writer Tamerlane Tadtaev, the winner of "Russian Award," the author of the books "The Apostate," "Son," "The Doom`s Day," "Plastic City," telling about the tragic events in South Ossetia during the period from 1991 to 2008.

In Tskhinval has been held a meeting of the members of the South Ossetian delegation at the Geneva discussions on security and stability in Transcaucasia with a delegation of the UN, the OSCE and the EU co-chairs of the Geneva discussions, who arrived in the Republic of South Ossetia on a working visit.

October 11-18 the KGB of South Ossetia considered the cases against two citizens of Georgia, reported IA "Res" the press service of the KGB of South Ossetia.
"A citizen of Georgia Zakro Chochishvili, a native of the village of Patara Khurvaleti in Gori district of Georgia, detained October 11 in the RSO settlement of Orchosan, by the court decision was fined 2000 roubles and expelled from the Republic. Another citizen of Georgia, Janicke Gabrichidze, a resident of Tkibuli, detained October 13 in the village of Chorbauli in Znaur district of South Ossetia, is under investigation", - explained in the KGB official.
From January to September 2013 the Border Guard Service considered the cases against 109 citizens of South Ossetia, 126 cases of Georgian citizens and 32 citizens of other states. All of them were detained by border guards on the Georgian- South Ossetian sections of the state border.
"From among the total number of detainees for the 9 months of the current year, 89 offenders were fined. 72 Georgian citizens were fined by a court decision and expelled from the Republic. Six Georgian citizens convicted under the article 322 of Criminal Code of the Russian Federation are currently serving a sentence. 48 Georgian citizens were deported from the Republic without penalty under the Article. 14 of the Law of the Republic of South Ossetia "On the State Border", "- told the KGB official.
49 infiltrators - the citizens of South Ossetia and Georgia – by the court decision were verbally warned.