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The incumbent President of South Ossetia, Anatoly Bibilov, called the expanded meeting of the action group on holding a referendum on South Ossetia's accession to Russia a significant historical event that the people of Ossetia have been waiting for 100 years.

Addressing the guests who are taking part in the event, Bibilov noted that "they came to South Ossetia as brothers, to support our aspiration to unite with Russia."

He addressed the people of South Ossetia with words of congratulations on the Constitution Day, which is being celebrated in the Republic today, April 8.

With the recognition of South Ossetia, the topic of reunification and becoming part of Russia has become even more relevant, historian Ruslan Dzattiaty believes.

South Ossetia cannot survive without the Russian Federation, with which its future and security are directly linked. Tamerlan Tadtaev, the Ossetian writer, a participant in the repelling Georgian aggression, stated this to the IA “Res”, commenting on the initiative of the current head of the South Ossetian state to join the Republic to the Russian Federation.

Russia respects this choice

In the issue of joining South Ossetia and a referendum on this issue, we are talking about the choice of the people that Russia respects, said Dmitry Peskov, press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation.

"I cannot express any position on the accession and the referendum. We have not taken any legal or other actions in this regard, but at the same time, in this case, we are talking about expressing the opinion of the people of South Ossetia, and we respect them.," Peskov told reporters on Thursday.

Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin has positively assessed the initiative of the President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov to hold a referendum on the possible entry of the Republic into Russia. This was reported to journalists in the press service of the Investigative Committee.

The head of North Ossetia, Sergei Menyailo, in connection with the intention of South Ossetia to take steps to join the Russian Federation, said that the Ossetians had never lost contact with each other, remaining a single nation.

Earlier, President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov said that the Republic would soon take legal steps to become part of Russia. Bibilov has noted that the opportunity to realize this "strategic goal" was back in 2014, when Crimea was reunited with the Russian Federation following a referendum.

The legislation of the Russian Federation provides for the procedure for admitting states into Russia as subjects, for this it is necessary that the Ossetian people express their will through a referendum, said Andrei Klimov, senator, Deputy Head of the United Russia Commission on International Cooperation.

Residents of Russia and South Ossetia will support the decision of the people of the Republic on its entry into the Russian Federation, said Artem Turov, Deputy Head of the State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots.

President of South Ossetia, Anatoly Bibilov, spoke on the air of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Ir" about the steps being taken to join South Ossetia into the Russian Federation.

"This is the age-old dream of our people, the strategic goal of our people, who have repeatedly shown their attitude to this issue at the referendums. Consultations are being held right now so that the steps that are being taken to join Russia are legally correct," the President said at the beginning of the third round of pre-election TV debates.

The peoples of Russia, including the South Ossetian volunteers, have rallied to resist the Nazi regime, which may eventually cover large pockets of influence in different countries, including South Ossetia, President of the Republic Anatoly Bibilov said.