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The U.S. citizen Frank Yanez, who violated the state border of South Ossetia with Georgia, was expelled from the Republic on Wednesday, the press service of the KGB of the Republic of South Ossetia reported.

“On July 27, the Border Guard Service of the KGB of South Ossetia in the area of ​​​​the settlement of “Balata” (Leningor district) for illegally crossing the state border between South Ossetia and Georgia detained the US citizen Frank Yanez, born July 1, 1999, a native of California, resident of Jackson Country, Oregon.

On Monday, Russian Ambassador to South Ossetia Marat Kulakhmetov handed over certificates of honor and gratitude from the International Council of Russian Compatriots to the laureates and participants of the International Youth Competition on the History of the Great Patriotic War.

"The Ambassador thanked the guys for participating in the competition and for helping to preserve the memory of that terrible war, the courage and great sacrifices of the defenders of the Motherland," the Embassy reports on its page in the telegram channel.

Foreign Minister of South Ossetia Akhsar Dzhioev received the Ambassador of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Republic Alan Elbakiev, the press service of the Foreign Ministry reported.

The head of the Abkhazian diplomatic mission congratulated Akhsar Dzhioev on his appointment to the post of minister and conveyed the wishes of fruitful work from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia Inal Ardzinba.

Since August 20, over 500 people have crossed the state border of South Ossetia with Georgia in two days on both sides.

This was reported at the meeting of President Alan Gagloev with the heads of law enforcement agencies, by the head of the KGB Border Service Valery Alikhanty. In accordance with the decision of the Security Council, the border department began to pass citizens living in the Leningor and Dzau districts.

In Tskhinval, on the territory of the Patriot Park of the military base of the combined arms army of the Southern Military District, the closing ceremony of the Military-Technical Forum "Army-2022" was held yesterday. This was reported by the press service of the Southern Military District).

Servicemen of the Southern Military District demonstrated to the guests of the Forum samples of modern military equipment and small arms that are in service with the base.

The Individual race of the third crews of the teams participating in the second division of the Tank Biathlon of the Army International Games - 2022 is taking place at the Alabino training ground on Sunday, the press service of the Ministry of Defense reported.

The South Ossetian tank crews are competing with crews from Iran and Zimbabwe.

The composition of the crew of the team of the Defense Ministry of the Republic of South Ossetia: commander - captain Vadim Dudaev, gunner-operator - captain Alexei Mamiev, mechanic-driver - Sergeant Denis Kokoev.

Sappers of the Center for Rescue Operations of Special Risk "Leader" of the Russian Emergencies Ministry cannot continue their work on cleaning the territory of South Ossetia from explosive objects due to the events in Ukraine. This was announced at a briefing in Tskhinval by Deputy Minister of Emergency Situations Atsamaz Bestauty.

Bestauty reminded that Russian sappers had done a great deal of work in South Ossetia to clear mines for four years.

Members of the Commission on Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation between Russia and South Ossetia will discuss issues of acquisition of Russian citizenship in a simplified manner, the head of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Policy and Inter-parliamentary relations Zaza Driaev told reporters.

According to the parliamentarian, the issue will be discussed during the visit of the delegation of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation to the Republic in October.

The State Security Committee of South Ossetia called on the inhabitants of the Republic to assist the border service of the department and the Border Directorate of the FSB of Russia in protecting the state border and suppressing attempts to violate it, the press service of the KGB gas reported.

According to the results of the race on Friday of the second crews of the teams of the second division of the Tank Biathlon of the International Army Games - 2022, the crew of the team of the Defense Ministry of South Ossetia took first place.

However, later, according to the press service of the military department of the Republic, by the decision of the judges, after adding minutes for penalty loops to the final time, our crew was awarded the second place.

In the first place - tankers from Tajikistan, in the third - Abkhazia, the fourth - Sudan.