19.03.2009 22:57 | Murat Dzhioev: “By Georgian Tradition Tension Arises on Holidays”

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia Republic already more then once paid attention to the forcing of the situation by the Georgian law enforcement in the areas bordering on RSO”, - The Minister of Foreign Affairs of RSO Murat ​Dzhioev said to the IA “Res” correspondent when commenting on the information about the Georgian imminent armed provocation against South Ossetia and the Russian military men dislocated in republic.

“In the Georgian areas which border upon RSO there are illegal presence and increase in manpower of the Georgian armies, special troops and redeployment of heavy defense technology. The provocations against the people of South Ossetia do not stop. And all these events are taking place in the responsibility zone of the European Union observers”, - the minister has emphasized. He noted what “by Georgian tradition tension usually arises on holidays, as we can see it now.”

 “Therefore we call to the international organizations which took upon their shoulder the responsibility for safety for the activization of their efforts in Georgian territory which border upon South Ossetia, so that not to allow Georgian authorities to realize their aggressive intentions again”, - Murat Dzhioev said.

The chapter of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also draws attention to the fact that “Georgian authorities, politicizing a problem, do not let the people of South Ossetia to receive the gas, incoming through their territory from Russia”. “And all these things are going on in conditions of severe winter and against the background of awful destructions, which South Ossetia underwent during the Georgian military aggression”, - the Minister has emphasized.

19.03.2009 22:56 | The message of the Ministry of the Press and mass communications of RSO

According to law enforcement of SouthOssetiaRepublic, Georgia prepares for the wide-ranging armed provocation against South Ossetia and military personnel of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, dislocated in the republic. The provocation is planned by the western counsellors, the representatives of the Georgian special services and proposes to active participation of Dmitry Sanakoev and his henchmen and also subversive groups of special mission units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Defense of Georgia. It’s not excluded that the entering of the mentioned groups on the territory of republic will occur in different directions and in the different ways, including in kind of a civilian population.

Now the law enforcement of RSO is ready to take rigorous measures in order to prevent the provocation.

All responsibility for the possible consequences completely, entirely rests with a political management of Georgia.

Translated by Tatiana Inozentseva

19.03.2009 22:53 | Luc Devos:“After the Disintegration of the Soviet Union Georgians Became Extremely Nationalistic”

One of these days mister Luc Devos, the Belgian expert, visited SouthOssetiaRepublic. Luc Devos met in Tskhinval with the RSO Government vice – chairman, the Minister of Youth, Sport and Tourism Affairs of RSO Eleonora Bedoeva and the representatives of the youth organizations of South Ossetia.

During the meeting Eleonora Bedoeva acquainted mister Devos with a situation in South Ossetia.

Mister Devos met with the young people, which directly took part in military actions in the days of the Georgian aggression on August, 2008, protecting the Native land. “The heritage of eighteen years war, and a life in condition of unceasing diversions in the form of the acts of terror, in the form of information diversions, which could be more terrible than death for our Caucasian consciousness, left its mark on our consciousness.

All of us are the carriers of a posttraumatic syndrome; all of us need in rehabilitation and support. And Georgia should be responsible for it too. And not only Georgia should be, but also those people, who indifferently looked at the destruction of our people and at our youth, being in such condition” – Bedoeva said. During a meeting mister Devos gave his view on the events of August, 2008.

“It is very difficult to give you any good advice because it is difficult to understand what has happened, as if it is not the unique conflict region. It is very difficult to understand what is happening today in Congo. I know that according Stalin's decree in 1924 SouthOssetiaRepublic became a part of Georgia. And not on his demand only”, - mister Devos said. Mister Devos also noted the dismal consequences of Georgian nationalism display.

19.03.2009 22:49 | Edward Kokoiti: “The deputies, first of all, should be the bearers of the will of people”

The president of South Ossetia Republic Edward Kokoiti met today with the representatives of political parties of RSO, Tarzan Gagloev, the member of political council of a party “Edinstvo” (“Unity”); Stanislav Kochiev, a chairman of Communist Party of RSO; Roland Kelehsaev, the representative of Public party of RSO and a member of political council of a party “Fidibasta” Stanislav Gobozov were among them.

During a meeting Edward Kokoiti informed the representatives of political parties of RSO that President of RSO will sign soon the Decree about the date of parliamentary elections in SouthOssetiaRepublic.

“I would also like to hear your wishes, if you have them, and your opinion before the beginning of this uneasy pre-election campaign. These elections are going to be the first which will be held in the recognized SouthOssetiaRepublic. I would like our political parties and political forces to use as much as possible correct forms of struggle. The people will go not behind those who speak more, but behind those, who has already really proved itself as a strong politician, who is able to defend its interests. We should maintain equal conditions for all the applicants”- the President has emphasized.

“You are the image of our society, and many things depend on how the elections will be held. The criticism should be, but it should be objective and on business. We should show by these elections that there is high political culture in South Ossetia, and we should prove, that we became the state not casually. It is a merit of our people”, - Edward Kokoiti continued.

19.03.2009 22:47 | The abducted citizens of South Ossetia are found in Georgian prison

”The Missing citizens of South Ossetia are in the Georgian prison now”, - theRepresentativeunderhumanrights by the President of RSO DavidSanakoev informed IA “Res”. As  Sanakoev said, there are the fresh news about the citizens of RSO Alan Hachirov (born in 1992), Alan Hugaev (born in 1989) and Soltan Pliev (born in 1983), which went missing on October, 13 in Meret village of Tskhinvalsky district of RSO. They were found in one of the Georgian prisons by the representatives of the Office of the National defence.

“Alan Hachirov, Alan Hugaev and Soltan Pliev were really abducted by law-enforcement authorities of Georgia, - David Sanakoev has commented.

Earlier the Georgian party repeatedly denied the fact of their whereabouts in law-enforcement authorities of Georgia. Giga Bokeriya, the head of Georgian delegation officially announced about it on Geneva discussions to Boris Chochiev, RSO President's Plenipotentiary for Post-conflictSettlement

Directly during the negotiations with the Georgian party about the exchange of detained and captured Givi Targamadze, thechairmanof the defense and security committee of the parliament of Georgia and Shalva Tramakidze, the representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia denied that. Now we shall try to learn the circumstances of their detention and where they were all this time. Fortunately, they turned out to be alive, and we shall take part in their further destiny”, - Sanakoev said.