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Today South Ossetia is commemorating the victims of the Eredvi tragedy. A minute of silence in tribute to their memory was paid at today`s meeting of the President of the Republic Leonid Tibilov with heads of the law enforcement agencies. He has reminded that exactly 22 years ago near the village of Eredvi after severe torturing 12 Ossetians were buried alive by the Georgian armed forces.

Today will be held the 32 meeting in the format of Mechanisms to prevent and respond to Incidents (MPRI). The meeting will be held in the Georgian village of Ergneti bordering South Ossetia.
The meeting will be attended by representatives of South Ossetia, Russia, Georgia and EUMM as well as the OSCE Mission.

March 16 in Noginsk (Moscow region) the Ossetian bruiser, the WBC European champion in the weight category up to 66.6 kg Aslanbek Kozaev held a title fight against another Russian boxer – a champion of Russia among professionals and the IBF Asian champion David Avanesyan.

Today Ossetian professional boxers Aslanbek Kozaev and Murat Gassiev will hold matches in Noginsk (Moscow region).
As the coach of the sportsmen Vitaly Slanov said IA "Res," in Noginsk will be held the evening of professional boxing. As part of the sporting event Kozaev will hold 12-round fight for the title of the CIS and the Slavic countries and the Baltic States champion at welterweight with another Russian athlete David Avanesian.

Commentary of the Presidential Envoy of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev given in his interview with the news agency "Res", due to the resolution "On the foreign policy lines of Georgia", recently adopted by the Georgian Parliament, which has included relations between Georgia and the Republic of South Ossetia.

March 21, 2013 professional boxer from South Ossetia Marat Kulumbekov will hold his next rating eight-round match against Kazakh boxer Mikhail Krinitsin.
As a coach of the athlete Robert Pliev said IA "Res", "Kulumbekov will fight March 21 in Kiev in the tournament organized by the promoting company" Elite Boxing Promotions ". The fight will be at super middleweight weight class. The opponent of Kulumbekov is 25. In professional boxing he had 15 fights and won 11 victories, seven fights he won by knockout ", - said Pliev.

The first meeting of the Commission for giving political and legal assessment of Georgia's aggression against South Ossetia has been held in the Parliament of South Ossetia. As IA "Res" was informed at the information-analytical center of the Parliament, the meeting had been held on March 14 under the chairmanship of the Speaker Stanislav Kochiev.

March 16 in Noginsk Ossetian boxer, the WBC European champion in the weight category up to 66.6 kg Aslanbek Kozaev will compete for a title of a welterweight champion of the Slavic countries of the CIS and the Baltic States.
As a coach of the boxer Vitaly Slanov has said IA "Res," the rival of Kozaev – is the Russian boxer David Avanesyan. In Noginsk will be held the evening of professional boxing and within the frames of this event, Kozaev and Avnesyan will meet in the ring. It will be a title fight for the title of a champion of the CIS and the Slavic countries, as well as for the belt "WBC Baltic".

Today in Tskhinval Co-Chairs of the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia have met with the national communities of South Ossetia. The meeting was held at the Media Centre "IR."

Participants of the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia submitted an appeal of the relatives of the missing persons in South Ossetia to the Prosecutor General of Georgia. This was said to journalists by the OSCE co-chairman Andriy Deschitsa after a meeting in Tskhinval with the South Ossetian delegation at the Geneva talks.