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The question on the order of crossing the frontier of the Republic of South Ossetia and Georgia in a check point «Tskhinval-Ergneti" has been considered today at the RSO government session. The head of the RSO KGB frontier service Sergey Kolbin has made a speech in regard to this question. As he said, in November of the last year the government of South Ossetia had approved the list of the points of simplified crossing of the Georgian border by the Republican citizens.

Today in the hero city Tskhinval the solemn ceremony of the Military oath rite by recruits of the Armed forces of the Republic of South Ossetia has taken place at the Eternal Flame on the Heroes Avenue. Several tens of young fighters of the spring conscription 2011 have sworn under the leadership of the RSO Minister of Defence, Major General Valery Jakhnovets. At 17 o'clock, the divisions of the Tskhinvalskiy garrison were drawn up in the dismounted formation in field uniform with automatic machines in hands. The Minister of Defence has reported to the Supreme Commander in Chief, President of the RSO Eduard Kokoity, that the staff is ready for holding the solemn oath rite of the young generation.

The Russian military bases are located in the territory of South Ossetia and Abkhazia on legal grounds, according to earlier signed interstate agreements. It has been declared the journalists in Tskhinval by the President of the RSO Eduard Kokoity in connection with the ratification of the agreement submitted to the Russian Federation State Duma by the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev on incorporated Russian military base in South Ossetia which was signed in Moscow on April, 7, 2010. «I consider symbolical that the document on ratification has been submitted by President Dmitry Medvedev today, on the third anniversary of the Georgian aggression.

Deputies of the Parliament of South Ossetia will take part in the presidential elections of the Republic of Abkhazia as the observers. As the Speaker of the Parliament Stanislav Kochiev has informed the news agency "Res", the Parliament received an official invitation from the Chairman of the Abkhazian Parliament Nugzar Ashuba. «I have decided to assign as the observers in Abkhazia on one deputy from each fraction.

The International youth forum: «Iryston -2011» on a theme: «the positive image of the Republic of South Ossetia and the Republic of Abkhazia, its propaganda on a global scale» -will start in South Ossetia. It has been reported to the news agency "Res" at the informational-analytical department of the Ministry of Education, science and youth policy of the RSO. «The forum will be hold on August, 7-13, 2011, - has been noted at the Ministry of Education. The participants of the forum will come from the different youth and public organizations of Russia, Transdniestrian- Moldavian Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and other countries».

South Ossetia and its people are aimed at the maximum integration with Russia. It has been declared today by the President of the RSO Eduard Kokoity. «The people of South Ossetia are historically focused on Russia and will never forget the historical decision of Moscow on recognition of independence of South Ossetia in August, 2008», - Kokoity has said. According to the head of the state, taking into account the past and also the today's realities, South Ossetia is aimed at the maximum integration with Russia.

The situation on the frontier of South Ossetia and Georgia is stable and predictable. It has been reported to the news agency "Res" at the Boundary management of the FSS of Russia in South Ossetia. «Incidents occurring periodically, are basically, connected with crossing of the state border of South Ossetia by the Georgian shepherds together with their herds. Despite the agreement within the frames of the Mechanisms on prevention and reaction to incidents (МPRI), such facts take place all the same and that is the proof of negligent work of the Georgian law-enforcement bodies on prevention of such incidents», - has been noted at the press-service. According to their information within the last two months, the Russian frontier guards have detained 19 frontier violators, 13 of them are the citizens of Georgia, four –the South-Ossetian citizens and two of them are the citizens of Great Britain. «As a rule, the violators are usually transferred to the KGB of the RSO Frontier service.

The international economic forum is planned to be hold in September, 2011 in South Ossetia. It has been reported by the President of the RSO Eduard Kokoity at the government meeting of the Republic.

The USA is trying to convince the world community that Russia was the initiator of the war in August, 2008 in South Ossetia. It has been declared the news agency "Res" by the Plenipotentiary of the RSO President Boris Chochiev, making comments on the resolution of the USA senate, which contains the appeal to Russia for stopping "occupation" of Georgia. As he said, adopting the similar decisions, the USA reminds of «a drowning man, who will catch at a straw». Chochiev regretfully has stated a fact that South Ossetia did not expect the other decision of the USA senate. «Whether they could make the other decision? Though the whole world has learnt, that exactly Georgia attacked South Ossetia, and Russia came to the rescue and prevented the USA and other countries which had armed Saakashvili regime and had given their blessing to aggression against South Ossetia», - Chochiev has emphasized.

Two citizens of Georgia, arrested for illegal crossing of the frontier of South Ossetia last week, have been expelled from the Republic. It has been informed the news agency "Res" at the KGB of the RSO press-service. «A citizen of Georgia Alexander Majsuradze, an inhabitant of the village Ditsi of Goriyskiy region, Georgia, 1959 year of birth, has been expelled from the Republic of South Ossetia according to the RSO Law of the state border, article 14, part 4» , - has been noted at the press-service.