Distribution of humanitarian aid continues in South Ossetia
Residents of Tskhinval and villages of South Ossetia affected by Georgian aggression in August 2008 continue receiving humanitarian aid.
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5/5/2009
2/5/2009
An RPG-22 grenade launcher found in an inhabited area of Tskhinval
At about 3 hrs p.m., in an inhabited area of Tskhinva in Komsomolskaya street (house no. 36), children had found an RPG-22 grenade launcher, reported the press-service of the RSO MoD.
”The combat engineers who arrived at the spot, verified that the grenade launcher RPG-22 was in a stowed status and it bore an inscription in Bulgarian language”, says the press-service report.
Delegation of EU, OSCE and UN is arriving in South Ossetia
Delegation of Co-Chairmen of Geneva talks for Security in the Caucasus is planning to pay a visit to South Ossetia in 5 May, stated the Special Representatives for Post-Conflict Settlement Boris Chochiev in his Thursday interview.
29/4/2009
Armed Robbery at ICRC Office in Tskhinval
Tskhinval, ICRC, 29 April 2009 – Last night, the ICRC office in Tskhinval was subjected to armed robbery.
At approximately 1:30 a.m., unidentified persons in masks entered the office by force. The office guards were coerced, one of them received slight injuries.
The perpetrators took some ICRC property items and escaped from the scene. The incident was immediately reported to the law enforcement bodies of South Ossetia.
28/4/2009
The reconstruction of Tskhinval to start on 1 May
The reconstruction of buildings destroyed during the Georgian aggression will start this week from 1 May, stated the RSO President Eduard Kokoity at today’s session of the government. He noted that the funding officially starts on 1 May and 790 mil rouble had been already allocated.
”the fund allocation scheme had been set, and the spendings will be under a joint strict control. There should be transparency in place. Many things depend on how effectively wed are able to work”, said Eduard Kokoity.
27/4/2009
В Цхинвале находится делегация ЦИК России
A delegation of the RF Central Election Commission arrived in South Ossetia with a working visit headed by the Public Chamber of the RF, Chairman of the Foundation "Free elections". Andrei Przhezdomski. The delegation was received by the RSO President Eduard Kokoity.
Compensation Payouts Resume in South Ossetia
The process of compensations payouts to the population affected during the Georgian aggression will restart in the nearest future, reported the RSO President Eduard Kokoity at the session of the RSO Government. "The arrival of the Deputy EMERCOM Ruslan Tsalikov is related not only to inspection at sites under EMERCOM's reconstruction, but the issue of 50,000-compensation payouts to the population will be settled. We are resuming this process.
A memorandum between the heads of archive departments of the RF and RSO has been signed in Tskhinval
Specialists from the Russian Federal Archive agency, representatives of Archiving Services of North Ossetia and Sverdlovsk oblast are visiting Tskhinval, South Ossetia, to sign a memorandum on cooperation with South Ossetia.
Kirill Chernenkov, the Head of department for international relations of the Federal Archive Agency, told about the purpose of the visit.
To release the woman and her children the Georgian police demands for 60,000 RUR
Today, at 12 a.m., the Georgian police in the villages of Akhmadji detained Valentina Bedoeva, born 1969. She was going to the village at the borderline to see her relatives. She was traveling together with her two children, 10-year old twins Marat Khubaev and Marina Khubaeva.
Presently, the detainees are still kept by Georgian police. According to Bedoeva’s relatives, to release the woman with the two children, police demands for 3, 000 Georgian lari (60,000 roubles). In case of refusal, the policemen menaced with filing a criminal case.
Provocations from the Georgian side continue
Last night, the Georgian side shelled the village of Velit in Znaur district of South Ossetia, reported the Deputy Defense Minister Ibragim Gasseev. “At around 0100 hr a.m., a COBRA (Turkish-made) armored vehicle moved along the border with South Ossetia from the Georgian village of Dirbi with an attempted penetration into the territory of South Ossetia. It opened fire at the village of Velit,” reported the Deputy Defense Minister Ibragim Gasseev.