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Issues of socio-economic cooperation between Russia and South Ossetia were discussed during a meeting between the head of the Cabinet of South Ossetia Eric Pukhaev and the delegation of the Russian Ministry for North Caucasus Affairs, headed by director of the Department of International Cooperation Anton Melnik, who arrived in South Ossetia on a working visit.

According to the press service of the government, the meeting was attended by Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Economic Development Gennady Bekoev and head of the government Office Oleg Gagloev.

A delegation of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs arrived in Tskhinval on a working visit. Russian law enforcement officers were received by Interior Minister, Major General of Police Igor Naniev, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reports.

Russia is interested in a stable and safe situation on the borders of Georgia with South Ossetia and Abkhazia, said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko.

Concern was expressed over continued tensions in the Georgian-South Ossetian border region, especially in the vicinity of the village of Tsnelis.

Russia at the next round of the Geneva discussions on security and stability in Transcaucasia reiterated the need to ensure access for Abkhazia and South Ossetia to international platforms.

The situation of militarization of borders in the territories adjacent to South Ossetia is worrisome; issues must be addressed in the legal field. This was announced on Wednesday by Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Dmitry Demeshin.

“The situation of militarization of borders in the territories adjacent to South Ossetia is worrying. We see factors of external influences on this process and we want to say that our most important function is just demilitarization,” Demeshin said.

The list of people wanted after the 2008 war in South Ossetia will be replenished, South Ossetian Prosecutor General Uruzmag Dzhagaev told reporters.

On Wednesday, Pyatigorsk hosted a meeting between Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Dmitry Demeshin and Prosecutor General of South Ossetia Uruzmag Dzhagaev.

The issue of collecting and preparing materials on the genocide of the people of South Ossetia in 1920, necessary for submission to the State Duma and the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, was discussed at a meeting of the parliamentary committee on national politics, culture, religion and the media on Tuesday, the press service reported.

President of the Republic of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov met in Moscow with members of the Council of the Moscow Ossetian community. At the meeting, they talked about culture, the spiritual sphere, youth and plans for the future. The meeting was held in the restaurant "House of Actors", which is led by Vadim Baroev, according to the website of the Moscow community.

Anatoly Bibilov has emphasized that he considers one of the most important issues of culture and spiritual development, and noted the work of public organizations in this direction.

The State Security Committee of South Ossetia reported on Monday about the situation in the village of Uista of Znaur district of the Republic. As noted in a press-Department service, in the period from 7 to 9 December in the area of the settlement unit of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Georgia continued to strengthen its position, regularly while using light UAVs and quadcopters aerial reconnaissance of the adjoining territory.

On December 7, at the section of the state border of the Republic of South Ossetia and Georgia, four Georgian citizens were detained by border guards for violation of the state border of South Ossetia and Georgia on the outskirts of the village of Ahmadz of Leningor District. According to the press service of the KGB, among them Gamkhitashvili Emzar Mikhailovich, born in 1962, resident of the village. of Bozhami of the Caspian municipality, Zaridze Georgy Solomonovich, born in 1980, a resident of the village of.