Archive - 2024

The next meeting of the Commission on Cooperation between the Parliament of South Ossetia and the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation will be held on April 18 in Moscow. Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Policy and Inter-parliamentary Relations, Zaza Driaev, informed IA“Res”.

As noted by Driaev, the parties will discuss a number of important issues relating to dual citizenship, healthcare, etc.

Representatives of South Ossetia spoke about their participation in the III Eurasian meeting of Russian compatriots in New Delhi, India.

According to the press service of the Russian House in Tskhinval, the Chairman of the coordination council of Russian compatriots in the Republic of South Ossetia, Natalya Zhuikova, and her Deputy, Svetlana Kotaeva, shared their impressions with the head of the Rossotrudnichestvo representative office in the Republic, Sergei Komisarov.

Sappers from Ministry of Emergency Situations of South Ossetia seized a hand anti-tank grenade in the village of Usta, Znaur district, the press service of the emergency department reports.

“The ammunition is disposed of in accordance with the established procedure," the press service said.

On Tuesday, the emergency department also reported that 15 TM-57 anti-tank mine fuses had been found in the abandoned barn in the village of Itrapis, Dzau district.

Participants in the Geneva discussions on Transcaucasia - South Ossetia, Russia and Abkhazia - are working on the issue of transferring the negotiating platform with several neutral countries, including Russia's immediate neighbors. This was reported by TASS with reference to State Advisor to President of South Ossetia, head of the South Ossetian delegation at the Geneva discussions, Konstantin Kochiev.

He has emphasized that the South Ossetian party will continue to defend the legitimate interests of its country on any platform.

Representatives of South Ossetia took part in the lll Eurasian meeting of Russian compatriots, which taken place in New Delhi, India. One of the Forum participants, Deputy Chairman of the Coordination Council of the Organization of Russian Compatriots in the Republic, head of the public organization “Rossy” Svetlana Kotaeva, told IA “Res”.

The event was also attended by Chairman of the Organization in the Republic, Natalya Zhuikova.

On Wednesday, the South Ossetian authorities expelled the Georgian citizen from the Republic who had violated the state border, the KGB of the Republic of South Ossetia reports.

According to the Committee, the Georgian citizen Asoshvili Gocha, born in 1997, a resident of the village of Alekseevka, Tetritskaro municipality, was detained by the South Ossetian border authorities on April 5.

Ambassador of South Ossetia to the Russian Federation Znaur Gassiev and Secretary of State of the Union State of Russia and Belarus Dmitry Mezentsev discussed issues of cooperation in various areas of activity, the press service of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia reports.

As noted by the department, the meeting of diplomats took place within the framework of interaction between South Ossetia and the Permanent Committee of the Union State.

Republic of South Ossetia is “not a breakaway region of Georgia and a territory not subject to the jurisdiction of Russia,” but the independent legal state formed by the will of the people in accordance with all principles and norms of international law Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia noted, commenting on the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

“We drew attention to the decision of the ECHR on the claim of Georgia, which refers to alleged violations of human rights in South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

The Strasbourg court has long ceased to be a symbol of justice and legality, where all applicants have equal rights, Presidential Commissioner for Human Rights of South Ossetia Inal Tasoev said, commenting on the decision of the European Court of Human Rights on Georgia's lawsuit against Russia.

"Based on the political realities, the events that are taking place in the world today, the unprecedented pressure that Russia is under from the collective West, it was difficult to count on any other outcome," Tasoev said.

On Saturday, the exhibition "The Cruel Truth about the crimes of the Kiev regime", dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the beginning of the Ukrainian anti-terrorist operation in Donbas, opened on the Theater Square of Tskhinval.

The event was opened by the head of Rossotrudnichestvo in Tskhinval, Sergei Komissarov and Ambassador at Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Rodion Miroshnik.