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President Anatoly Bibilov has been revaccinated against coronavirus infection, the presidential press service reported.

On Tuesday, the head of state came for revaccination to the polyclinic of the RMMC in Tskhinval. After revaccination with the Russian Sputnik Light vaccine, Anatoly Bibilov is feeling well and continues his working day in accordance with his schedule.

The President noted the importance of mass vaccination as the only way to stop the spread of COVID-19. He has reminded that vaccination is needed to protect not only ourselves, but also those around us.

To date, 1,700 people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 at the polyclinic of the Republican Multidisciplinary Medical Center of South Ossetia, Tamara Sanakoeva, the head of the outpatient medical center, told the IA “Res”

“Since the beginning of January, 92 people have been vaccinated against coronavirus, of which 70 patients were vaccinated with Sputnik Light and 22 with Sputnik V. Residents of the Republic had the opportunity to get the vaccine even during the holidays, as the employees were working as usual,” Sanakoeva said.

President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov held a number of meetings in the Presidential Executive Office of the Russian Federation, during which issues of the implementation of the State Program for Socio- Economic Development of the Republic for 2022-2025 were discussed, the press service of the head of state reported on Friday.

"The issues of raising salaries for employees of the law enforcement agencies of South Ossetia in 2022 were also discussed," the press service notes.

In December 2021, 55 violators of the law in the border area were detained at various sections of the state border of South Ossetia, the press service of the KGB of the republic reports on Thursday.

"Of them: 33 are violators of the regime of the state border, 22 - of the border regime," the agency clarifies. The Border Service of the State Security Committee conducted investigations on each fact of violation of legal regimes.

President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov congratulated Daniel Ortega on his assumption of the office of President of the Republic of Nicaragua, the press service of the head of state reported.

812 people who served in the Ossetian peacekeeping battalion from 1992 to 2009 began receiving monthly cash payments in 2021 in South Ossetia, another 190 will receive payments in the near future, Alan Dzhussoev, First Deputy Head of the Presidential Executive Office of South Ossetia, told the “Res” news agency.

President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov has made a statement in connection with the situation in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

"With deep concern we are following the events unfolding over the past days in the Republic of Kazakhstan, where a number of regions have been engulfed in riots. The escalation of riots accompanied by acts of looting and vandalism, violent actions by the militants who seized weapons arsenals has led to the death of people," the head of state said in a statement issued on Saturday.

The first thing that comes to mind is the firm feeling that no one can feel secured against a sudden attack by international terrorist forces, South Ossetian Foreign Minister Dmitry Medoev said on Friday commenting on the events in Kazakhstan to the “Res” news agency.

For the Orthodox, one of the most important Christian holidays has come - the Nativity of Christ. On the night of January 6-7, services were held in the churches of the Holy Trinity of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos and the holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Kings Constantine and Helena of the Alan Diocese in Tskhinval, as well as in the Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos in the village of Khetagurovo.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia intends to continue to be guided by the national interests of the Republic of South Ossetia, increasing the efficiency of its work on the implementation of the key foreign policy goals, strengthening its positions in the international arena and creating strong guarantees of security and sovereignty of the state, - the press service of the Foreign Ministry told the IA “Res”.