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The rector of the South Ossetian State University Vadim Tedeev met with representatives of the North Caucasian Federal University, arrived in South Ossetia on a working visit. The delegation has included the Director of the Institute of Law of the North Caucasian Federal University Dmitry Smirnov and the Deputy Director Maxim Trofimov. The meeting was also attended by the South Ossetian State University pro-rector for academic affairs Stanislav Gobozov, lectures of the faculty of jurisprudence Anatoly Pliev and Madina Alborova.

The cross procession from the capital of South Ossetia Tskhinval to the ancient temple of St. George, attended by the Orthodox Christians of the Republic, is under way.
As IA "Res" has been informed by the Priest of the Cathedral of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Jacob Khetagurov, the cross procession is taking place with the icon of Our Lady – the Comforter of Tskhinval.

Programs for the development of some sectors of South Ossetia were discussed today at a special meeting of the Presidium of Parliament chaired by the Speaker Stanislav Kochiev.
As IA "Res" was reported at the press service of the Parliament of the Republic, the Chairman of the Committee on Social Policy and Health Alexander Pliev had introduced a draft sectoral program "Development of Health for 2013 2020." He has noted that the program meets all the needs and requirements of public health and has recommended bringing it for discussion at the session.

South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov has received today the Minister of Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation Nikolay Nikiforov, who arrived yesterday, August 13, in the Republic on a two-day working visit.

Delegation of representatives of the Presidential Administration and the Ministry of Health of Russia has arrived in South Ossetia on a working visit.

Today in the capital of South Ossetia in the Media Center "Ir" has taken place the signing of a cooperation agreement between the independent non-profit organization -"Academy of sociological analysis" and the South Ossetian Republican Public Organization "Iry Sombon." The document was signed by heads of the organizations - Alan Chochiev ("Academy of sociological analysis") and Vyacheslav Khoziev ("Iry Sombon").

The war in August 2008

On the night of August 11, Tskhinval was again being shelled, despite the fact that earlier the Georgian army had retreated to the administrative border with South Ossetia. That night the South Ossetian security forces captured 19 Georgian subversives.

The war in August 2008

August 10, 2008 Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin arrived in the North Ossetian capital Vladikavkaz, where he held a meeting to coordinate assistance to the refugees from South Ossetia.
"What is happening in South Ossetia - is the genocide of the Ossetian people, and legally Russia's actions in South Ossetia are fully justified", - Putin said.
The Russian Prime Minister described the situation in South Ossetia as the "humanitarian catastrophe."

Statement of KGB of South Ossetia:

August 10, 2013 at 10: 45 near the settlement of Artseu in Tskhinval district, in sight of the European Union observers, the Georgian Interior Ministry police car crossed the state border and penetrated into the territory of South Ossetia.

The war in August 2008

At about the midnight of August 9 there fell temporary lull in Tskhinval. As declared by the commander of the Joint Peacekeeping Forces Marat Kulakhmetov, the parties were preparing for the upcoming fighting at night.
At 1:15 the Chairman of the Committee for Information and Press of South Ossetia Irina Gagloeva reported that the Georgian troops had been completely ousted from the South Ossetian capital Tskhinval.