Archive - 12/2023

A memorial evening dedicated to the defender of South Ossetia Inal Tasoev, perished in the first days of the Georgian aggression in January 1991, was held at the South Ossetian State University, the University’s press service reports.

“Like all his peers, Inal dreamed of a beautiful, dignified life, but his life was cut short by the insidious enemy who sneaked into his native Tskhinval on Christmas night,” the statement of the press service reads.

The head of the Rossotrudnichestvo representative office in South Ossetia, Sergei Komissarov, has met with the Chairman of the Rossy society, Svetlana Kotaeva, who took part in the X regional conference of Russian compatriots from near abroad countries in Bishkek, the Russian House in Tskhinval reports.

“Russian compatriots of the near abroad - a community of a common destiny” - this topic was the leitmotif through the speeches of the speakers, among whom was a public figure from South Ossetia

A resident of Georgia, detained in November for violating the state border of South Ossetia, was expelled from the Republic on Tuesday, the press service of the KGB of the Republic of South Ossetia reports.

At the session on Tuesday, deputies of the South Ossetian Parliament considered the statement by the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia on the need to end the economic, trade and financial blockade imposed by the United States on the Republic of Cuba.

Representatives of South Ossetia will take part in the II International Folk Music Festival "Youth. Art. Creation", which will be held from December 7-9 in Nalchik on the basis of the North Caucasus State Institute of Arts, the press service of Ministry of Culture of the Republic of South Ossetia reports.

The event will be attended by soloist students and groups (ensembles, orchestras) of secondary specialized and higher musical educational institutions.

The Alan community of MGIMO represented Ossetia at the cultural festival of the peoples of Russia “Heritage”, reports the press service of the Moscow Ossetian Community.

“Unity, friendship and brotherhood are the fundamental elements of relations between the peoples of multinational Russia” - it was under this slogan that at the end of November MGIMO hosted a gala concert of the cultural festival of the peoples of Russia “Heritage”, organized by the Community of Russian University Students.

The guys presented a video about the legends and traditions of Ossetia.

The passionate speech of Mikheil Saakashvili’s uncle, the UN former employee Temur Alasania, may be aimed at pushing a certain political platform to support extremist slogans and their subsequent wide public discussion. This was stated by the head of the information and analytical department of the President of South Ossetia, Yuri Vazagov, commenting on Temur Alasania’s recent call to the Georgian society to resolve the issue of returning the territories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia to Georgia by force.

A meeting of the bilateral committee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia and North Ossetia-Alania on the cross-border cooperation was held in Tskhinval on Friday.

According to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, the meeting was attended by ministers of internal affairs, heads of departments and services of law enforcement agencies of the two republics, as well as the leadership of the joint information and coordination center.

In Tskhinval, Azamat Bestaev, perished while performing his military duty in the zone of the special military operation, was given the last honours.

Condolences to the family and friends of the deceased were expressed by President Alan Gagloev, Chairman of Parliament Alan Alborov, Russian Ambassador to South Ossetia Marat Kulakhmetov, colleagues, relatives and friends.

A representative of the 4th Russian military base, where Bestaev served, has noted that Azamat was the example for his colleagues.

The security forces of South Ossetia and North Ossetia-Alania are working jointly, establishing interaction at the highest level, President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev noted during a meeting with Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania Demyan Laptev.

The head of state noted the positive results in improving the activities of law enforcement agencies, achieved through fruitful interdepartmental interaction.