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A renowned South Ossetian professional boxer, the European champion under the WBC in the weight class up to 66.6 kg Aslanbek Kozaev is now in the U.S with his coach Vitaly Slanov. As reported to IA "Res" by the coach of the athlete, the invitation was received from the coaching staff of the world famous legendary American boxer Floyd Mayweather to take part in the preparation of Mayweather for a world title fight, according to WBA and WBC with a Puerto Rican boxer Miguel Cotto, - said Slanov. - Miguel Cotto – is the world champion of 2004 - 2006, under the WBA version. He is the current world champion under the WBA version. The fight between Mayweather and Cotto will be held May 5, 2012 in Las Vegas. "

The number of violations of crossing the state border of South Ossetia with Georgia was considerably reduced in the last month. This has been said the journalists by the Attorney General of South Ossetia Merab Chigoev after the next meeting of participants of the Mechanisms on Prevention and Reaction to Incidents (MPRI), held today in the Georgian village of Ergneti.

President of the Republic of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in the Republic of South Ossetia Elbrus Kargiev at his request. During the meeting they discussed a wide range of issues of bilateral cooperation.

A ceremonial meeting devoted to the third anniversary of entering the Russian FSS Border Control Agency into the territory of the Republic of South Ossetia has been held in Tskhinval. The meeting was attended by President of the RSO Leonid Tibilov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in the Republic of South Ossetia Elbrus Kargiev, a commander of the 4th Russian military base Alexander Shushukin, Minister of Defense of South Ossetia Valery Yakhnovets, the management and employees of the FSS Border Control Agency of Russia in South Ossetia, the Russian border guards` families. According to the head of the FSS Border Control Agency of Russia in South Ossetia, Colonel Valery Reznichenko, three years the Russian border guards have been patrolling the border of South Ossetia with Georgia in accordance with an agreement between Russia and South Ossetia on joint efforts to protect the state border of South Ossetia, which was signed April 30, 2009.

Atsamaz Dzigoev has reached the semifinal of the 27th All-Russia tournament on boxing in memory of the Olympic bronze medalist in Tokyo Vadim Emelyanov. As reported to IA "Res" by a coach of the athlete Murat Kokoev, "in his next match with a representative of the North Sea team our athlete won by TKO. The fight was stopped before the end of the first round".

The proposal of Saakashvili to resign is not interesting, not even acceptable, because it has no relation to reality. This has been said IA "Res" by a Chief of the Caucasus Research Department of the Russian Institute of Strategic Studies Jana Amelina, commenting on the statement by the president of Georgia on his readiness to resign, in order to return South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

Presentation of the International Tracing Service (ITS) has taken place in the capital of South Ossetia. The event was attended by representatives of the South Ossetian media, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), the community and students of the South-Ossetian State University.

The management of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) office in Tskhinval presented a new tractor to the administration of Tskhinvalskiy district of South Ossetia. According to the head of the ICRC office in Tskhinval Pierre Rayshel, the machinery was acquired by the Red Cross to implement the project on construction the water conduit to the village of Satikar.

A photo exhibition "People and Fates" dedicated to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) activities in South Ossetia and in the world has started in Tskhinval. The event dedicated to people of the North Caucasus and South Ossetia, was attended by representatives of the authorities, media and public, as well as the clergy and the Russian Embassy in the Republic of South Ossetia.

Despite the appeals of the international community to peoples all over the world to adhere to civilized forms of settling controversial issues, the armed conflicts remain a spirit of our time and bring humans sufferings and misery. Awareness of this poor reality was a powerful spur to create the international human rights institutions and the different humanitarian organizations.