Государственное информационное агентство "Рес"

South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov has received Commander-in Chief of the RF Land Forces, Colonel-General Vladimir Chirkin, who arrived in the Republic on a working visit.
During the meeting the President reported on the early implementation of agreements reached at the meeting of the presidents of Russia and South Ossetia in Sochi.
"We agreed on many areas of development and establishment of the Republic, including the security of the Republic", - said Tibilov.

Festival of sport is planned to host in Tskhinval on August 26 in honor of recognition of South Ossetia by the Russian Federation. This has been said IA "Res" by the Chairman of the Committee on Youth Policy, Sport and Tourism of South Ossetia Vadim Bogiev.

Jana Amelina, Head of the Caucasian Studies Sector under the Russian Institute of Strategic Researches

In adopting a resolution on Georgia, in which South Ossetia and Abkhazia are called the "occupied territories", the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, as before the U.S. Senate and European Parliament, has demonstrated its partiality, inadequacy and reluctance to understand the current realities. However, it is not a sin, for a hundred and the first time, to repeat for those who are slow on the uptake: South Ossetia and Abkhazia are the sovereign states; their independence was recognized by leading members of the international community.

Сhief Editor of the newspaper "South Ossetia" Zalina Tskhovrebova has taken part in the II World Media Summit "Global Media: Challenges of the XXI Century", held July 4-8 in Moscow.
On her return to Tskhinval Tskhovrebova told IA "Res" that the World Media Summit brought together more than 300 media executives from 103 countries around the world.

Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia

July 6, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia David Sanakoev paid a working visit to the Republic of Abkhazia, during which he met with Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Chirikba.

The representatives of South Ossetia are taking part in the international youth business forum "Russia-China", which has started today in a business park "Greenwood" in the Moscow region. The South Ossetian delegation has included a representative of the Russian Union of Youth of South Ossetia Roman Dzhioev and chief of Department of Industry, Pricing and Consumer Market Regulation under the Ministry of Economic Development of South Ossetia Ruslan Doguzov.

Flash-poll: July 3, 2012 The UN General Assembly approved a draft resolution "Situation with the Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia and Tskhinval district / South Ossetia, Georgia", put to the vote by Georgia. How do you evaluate the decision of the General Assembly?

Zita Besaeva, head of the legal department of the Parliament of South Ossetia:
Such an initiative on the part of Georgia is premature. Firstly, because Georgia should sign an agreement that it will not resume hostilities against South Ossetia.

Minister for Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia David Sanakoev has arrived in the Republic of Abkhazia on a working visit.
As IA "Res" has been informed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia, in Sukhum David Sanakoev met with Foreign Minister of Abkhazia Vyacheslav Chirikba.
"During the meeting they discussed issues of bilateral cooperation and further development of relations between the two countries", - has been noted at the Foreign Ministry of South Ossetia.

South Ossetian professional boxer Murat Gassiev went to Moscow to continue training for his next rating battle.
This has been said IA "Res" by the coach of the athlete Vitaly Slanov.
"Gassiev will meet in the ring with the Croatian fighter LubomirLyubochich. The fight was scheduled for July 29, 2012 in Montenegro. But due to some objective reasons the organizers brought forward the date of the battle for July 24, "- said Slanov.
According to him, due to bringing forward the fight, the training schedule of a South Ossetian boxer was amended.

South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov and members of the Russian delegation, headed by Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Rashid Nurgaliyev and Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation on socio-economic issues of Abkhazia and South Ossetia Tatiana Golikova, visited today the Russian peacekeepers' barracks ("Upper Town "), destroyed in August 2008, and put mourning wreaths and flowers on the death spot of servicemen of the Russian peacekeeping contingent.