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Within the last week in immediate vicinity from the observation post of the Peacemaking Forces from the Russian Federation "Spider" was repeatedly marked the presence of armed persons. In the course of work of the group of monitoring, consisting of the observers from the three parties and the representatives of the Mission of OSCE, in the area of the observant post "Spider" has been recorded the work of the field-engineer division, belonging to the Ministry of Defence of Georgia.

On September, 29th, 2007, a monitoring with the purpose of checking of the received information on shooting of a civil car in the area of the settlement of Nuli had been held by the group of military observers from the three parties and the representatives of the Mission of OSCE. During the work of the group of monitoring it has been established, that on September, 28th, 2007 about 21:00pm the civil car that moved from the ossetian settlement of Kvernet in the direction of the ossetian settlement of Khod had been fired by unknown persons from the small arms.

On September, 29th, in the course of planned actions on preventive actions of illegal deforestation on the territory of Tskhinval region, three inhabitants of the villages of Kekhvi, Kurta and Achabet, that carried out the storage of firewood, have been detained by the employees of the management on strife with economic crimes of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia.

This week the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has finished the realization of the two other projects in the field of reconstruction in the centers of compact residing of displaced persons "BAM" and the tourist centre "Ossetia" in Tskhinval. It is spoken about in the message of the Tskhinval office of the organization.

In connection with an aggravation of the situation in the zone of the georgian-ossetian conflict

On September, 26th the capital of South Ossetia, the town of Tskhinval, has undergone a massed shelling from the direction of the georgian villages. As a result of shelling, that proceeded about two hours with application of the small arms and the large-caliber machine guns. There are wounded men there; a significant material damage is caused to the capital of the republic.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of South Ossetia Murat Jioev has sent the letter to the General Secretary of the United Nations Sir Pan Gi Moon. Similar letters was addressed to the Chairman of OSCE Migel Anhel Moratinos and to the President the PACE Rene Van der Linden.
This is the full version of the letter:
Your Excellency, Mr. General Secretary,
Allow us to express to you our highest esteem. We deem it absolutely necessary and urgent to draw your attention to the increasing tension in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict caused by the aggressive political course regarding the Republic of South Ossetia, the policy to which the Georgian authorities are adhered and to remind you of the unconstructive position taken by Georgia in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict settlement process and in the normalization of the Georgian-Ossetian relations in general.

In Tskhinval there takes place the consulting meeting of the co-chairmen of JCC from Russia and the Republic of South Ossetia Juriy Popov and Boris Chochiev. As the ambassador on special missions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the co-chairman of JCC from Russia Juriy Popov has informed the journalists before the beginning of the meeting, the consultative meeting has taken place also with the co-chairman of JCC from Georgia Dmitriy Mandzhavidze.

On September, 26th at 20.30pm the georgian armed formations, concentrated on the territory of Georgia along the border with the Republic of South Ossetia and on the approaches to the town of Tskhinval, having made the next attempt of intrusion on the territory of South Ossetia, have subjected to massed shelling the southern inhabited quarters of the town, closely adjoining the georgian territory.

In connection with an aggravation of the situation and for prevention of the possible collisions of the contradictory sides, and stabilization of the situation in the area of the south-east outskirts of the town of Tskhinval, of a migratory post of South Ossetia and the northern outskirts of the settlement Ergneti, the command of the Joint Staff of JPKF has made a decision on placement of a temporary post of peace-making forces since 18.00pm of September, 27th, 2007 in the structure of one motor-shooting branch from the Peacemaking Forces of the Russian Federation on a IFV-1 and the observers from the three parties in the specified area.

The artillery shelling of Tskhinval, having begun at approximately 20:30pm from the direction of the georgian settlements, has not stopped yet. Just now it has become known, that the inhabitant of the town Marina Doguzova has received fragmental wounds.