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The command and personnel of the Ministry of Defense of South Ossetia are mourning the death of Ruslan Omarovich Besaev, the former serviceman of the Special Purpose Battalion, and express their condolences to the family of the deceased.

Besaev took part in a special military operation of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine as a volunteer, died heroically in battles in the Mariupol region, the press service of the defense department reported.

The CEC of South Ossetia will set the date of the second round of the presidential elections at the meeting on Thursday, April 14.

“Tomorrow there will be a meeting, we have several proposals that we will consider,” the CEC head Emilia Gagieva told the IA “Res”.

On the eve of the CEC announced the expected date of the second round on May 8, previously announced on April 24.

Chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation Valentina Matvienko instructed her Deputy Konstantin Kosachev to prepare an order on sending a delegation of senators to monitor the second round of the presidential elections in South Ossetia.

"I proceed from the fact that you will continue this observation work in the second round. I ask Konstantin Iosifovich Kosachev to prepare the appropriate order," Matviyenko said, addressing her colleagues at the plenary meeting on Wednesday, TASS reported.

The second round of the presidential elections in South Ossetia will take place presumably on May 8, the head of the \Republic's CEC, Emilia Gagieva, told the “Res” news agency

The agenda of the IPRM has not changed for a long time, and the main issues of the dialogue remain security and the situation in the area of ​​the village of Uista (former Tsnelis), where a few years ago Georgian policemen set up the illegal post in South Ossetia. This was announced by the head of the delegation Yegor Kochiev at the end of the 106th meeting of the IPRM format.

COVID and IPRM

The Georgian side does not carry out preventive work with the population of Georgia, and therefore the number of Georgian citizens who violate the state border of South Ossetia does not decrease, - said the head of the South Ossetian delegation to the IPRM Egor Kochiev, commenting on the results of the next meeting.

He believes that people should be explained that there is a state border, and that if it is violated, they will be detained and face the justice of the Republic of South Ossetia.

Spectators of the XXIV International Theater Festival of the CIS and Baltic countries "Meetings in Russia" in St. Petersburg enthusiastically accepted the play "Kosta" of the State Drama Theater of South Ossetia, Tamerlan Dzudtsov, the artistic director of the South Ossetian State Drama Theater, told the “Res” news agency.

A regular meeting in the format of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms is being held in the village of Ergnet bordering South Ossetia, the press service of the Presidential Plenipotentiary's Office for Post-conflict Settlement told the “Res” news agency.

“At the 106th meeting of the IPRM, it will be will discussed security issues, as well as the situation in the border zone, - violators of the state border and drone flights,” they noted.

Observers from the Russian Federation did not reveal violations during voting at the polling stations during the presidential elections in South Ossetia, the turnout was high - more than 80%, said Anton Lopatin, a member of the Russian Central Election Commission, who had taken part in observing the elections of the head of the Republic on April 10.

The incumbent President of South Ossetia, Anatoly Bibilov, thanked all the residents of South Ossetia for their activity during the elections on Sunday.