Tourists from Germany and Austria have arrived in South Ossetia to get acquainted with the sights of the Republic. As the married couple from Germany said in an interview with the Res news agency, they were travelling all over the Caucasus and at the same time decided to visit South Ossetia.
The WBA and IBF first heavyweight world champion Murat (IRON) Gassiev cannot conduct other boxing matches before the WBSS final with Alexander Usik. This said in an interview with the news agency "Res" the coach of Gassiev Vitaly Slanov, commenting on the information in the media about a possible fight between the Ossetian boxer and the American Andrew Tabithi before meeting with Alexander Usik in the WBSS final.
"Murat has a contract with the organizers of the World Boxing Super Series. He cannot hold other fights before the finals - it's out of the question," Slanov said.
Ossetian boxer, the WBA and IBF first heavyweight world champion Murat Gassiev can enter the ring with the undefeated 28-year-old Andrew Tabiti before the WBSS finals.
As reported by Boxingtalk.com, in the negotiation process between the teams of Gassiev and Usik for the final fight of the World boxing super series, there were serious difficulties. Sources of the publication specify that the Russian side is tired of the protracted negotiations with the team of the Ukrainian champion, so Murat, most likely, will hold an interim fight.
The officers of OMON (special purpose police unit) of South Ossetia, killed in 1992 on the outskirts of Tskhinval, were honored by the leadership and officers of the OMON, Ministry of Internal Affairs of the RSO led by the Interior, Minister, General Igor Naniev.
As reported by the press service of the department, Igor Naniev, his Deputy, General Merab Pukhaev, the OMON commander, Colonel Igor Pliev and soldiers of the squad laid flowers at the monument to fallen riot policemen.
The South Ossetian examination gave a clear picture of the causes of death of the Georgian citizen, Archil Tatunashvili, said Yegor Kochiev, Deputy Presidential Envoy of South Ossetia for post-conflict settlement, after a meeting of participants of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms in Ergneti.
On behalf of Russian President Vladimir Putin Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation will continue working on the humanitarian demining of the territory of South Ossetia, the head of the Russian Emergency Department, Yevgeny Zinichev said at a meeting with his South Ossetian counterpart Alan Tadtayev.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia Dmitry Medoev held a meeting with the new head of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Republic Ashot Astabatsyan. This was reported by the press service of the Foreign Ministry of the RSO.
The main topics of the meeting concerned the work of the organization in South Ossetia for the near future.
During the meeting were discussed the issues related to the activities of the ICRC office in South Ossetia, the programs for the near future.
In South Ossetia was signed a cooperation agreement between the chambers of commerce and industry of the RSO and the Luhansk People's Republic. The document was signed by the president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of South Ossetia Alan Alborov and the head of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Luhansk People's Republic Anatoly Chekh.
According to the Minister of Economic Development of South Ossetia Gennady Kokoev, the signing of this document will become a guarantee of future economic cooperation between the two countries.
The most anticipated fight of the international boxing evening in South Ossetia was between an undefeated lightweight boxer, Uzbek champion Ulugbek Holov and IBF World Youth Champion Soslan Tedeev.
The first round went smoothly. Boxers exchanged short blows to the body.
In the second round, the blows between the opponents became more frequent, the round ended with the strongest blow of the Ossetian boxer to the head of his opponent.
The third round was decisive. By a powerful blow to the liver of Ulugbek Kholov Soslan Tedeev ended the fight with technical knockout.
Presidential Envoy of South Ossetia on issues of post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev and representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, member of the Russian delegation at the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia M.V. Litvinov discussed the situation in the region and preparations for the next round of discussions, scheduled for June 19-20.
According to the press service of the office of the Presidential Envoy, representatives of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation drew attention to the serious destabilizing role of NATO in the region.