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Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia Akhsar Dzhioev has received representatives of Turkey Burkhan Khosity and Sadrettin Kusaty, who arrived in the Republic as international observers at the elections of deputies to the Parliament of the eighth convocation.

Dzhioev expressed gratitude to the guests for the visit and interest in the events taking place in the political life of South Ossetia.

The observers from Turkey noted the importance of the upcoming elections for the further development of South Ossetia and the improvement of its political institutions.

The ban on pre-election campaigning ahead of the parliamentary elections, which will be held on June 9, has come into force.

According to the electoral legislation of South Ossetia, on June 8 at 00.00 the legal period for election campaigning expired, this applies to television and radio broadcasts, all print media, putting up leaflets and hanging banners, as well as meetings of candidates with voters.

More than 35 international observers will monitor the progress of voting in the parliamentary elections in South Ossetia, Secretary of the Central Election Commission of the Republic Kristina Avlokhova told IA “Res”.

According to her, some delegations are already in the Republic.

“Representatives of Russia, in particular, the State Duma, the Federation Council, the Central Election Commission, the LPR and the DPR will be present at the polling stations on election day,” Avlokhova said.

The work of the analogue of the “Safe City” hardware and software complex in South Ossetia and the assessment of the effectiveness of its work were discussed in Tskhinval by representatives of the Ministries of Internal Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation, the press service of the Republic’s law enforcement agency reported on Friday.

The meeting took place on the basis of the joint information and coordination center of the internal affairs bodies of the Republic of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation.

The South Ossetian delegation led by Prime Minister Konstantin Dzhussoev is taking part in the plenary meeting of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum with the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the press service of the Republic’s Cabinet reports.

As noted by the government of South Ossetia, the plenary session is of great interest to federal ministers and regional leaders, representatives of domestic business, various government bodies, and foreign entrepreneurs.

Instead of real efforts to solve the refugee problem, the counterproductive practice of politicizing this issue continues, during the discussion of which at the UN platform South Ossetia is deprived of the opportunity to present its well-founded point of view, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia noted, commenting on the next adoption of the resolution on June 4 within the framework of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly, initiated by Georgia on refugees and displaced persons from South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

On the hill of the fuel and energy complex, President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev, representatives of the ministries and departments, as well as personnel and veterans of the Vadim Gazzaev riot police laid wreaths and flowers at the obelisk of riot policemen, perished while repelling the Georgian aggression.

Six members of the special police detachment - Grigory Sanakoev, Zurab Gubaev, Gennady Dzhabiev, Yuri Kozhukhov, Alexander Mikhailenko and Stanislav Gabaraev – were killed in the battles on the territory of the fuel and energy complex in June 1992.

Chairman of the Government of South Ossetia Konstantin Dzhussoev and members of the Republic’s delegation within the framework of SPIEF 2024 met with the heads of government authorities of the regions of Russia and got acquainted with the expositions presented at the Forum. This was reported by the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of South Ossetia.

In particular, as reported, Konstantin Dzhussoev discussed issues of establishing cooperation with the Governor of the Moscow Region Andrei Vorobyov and the Governor of the Astrakhan Region Igor Babushkin.

A solemn event dedicated to the International Russian Language Day and the 225th anniversary of the poet’s birth was held in Tskhinval, at the monument to the Great Russian writer Alexander Pushkin.

The event brought together representatives of the public, teachers of Russian studies, as well as schoolchildren and students. Excerpts from the poems and fairy tales of the Great poet were being heard, creating an atmosphere of sublimity and inspiration.

Preserving the Russian language along with the Ossetian language, appreciating the great artists of words is our common goal, President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev has noted in his congratulations on the occasion of Russian Language Day.

Every year, on the birthday of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin, a brilliant poet, creator of the modern Russian literary language, Russian Language Day is celebrated.

Gagloev has emphasized that this is a significant day not only for philologists and linguists; this holiday unites millions of Russian-speaking people.