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In St. Petersburg, on the eve of Victory Day, wreaths were laid on behalf of the people of South Ossetia at the foot of the Motherland monument at the Piskaryovsky Memorial Cemetery and at the memorial granite slab, opened in honor of the natives of Ossetia, the defenders of besieged Leningrad.

The column of representatives of diplomatic missions was traditionally headed by the delegation of the Embassy of the Republic of South Ossetia in Russia, the press service of the diplomatic mission reports.

The memory of the victims was honored with a minute of silence..

President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev congratulated Russian leader Vladimir Putin on the 78th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. This was reported by the press service of the head of state.

Alan Gagloev has stressed that the memory of the victorious warriors is sacred and the current generation will always keep a grateful memory of those who did not spare their lives in the battles for the Motherland and was forging the weapons of Victory.

Victory Day for the peoples of Russia and South Ossetia is a symbol of courage, heroism of the generation of winners - our fathers and grandfathers, who, by their feats of arms at the front and selfless work in the rear, ensured the Victory over the Nazi invaders. This is stated in the congratulatory address of President of Russia Vladimir Putin to the head of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev on the occasion of the 78th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev awarded the Honored Doctor of the Russian Federation, a native of the Republic of South Ossetia Professor Givi Besaev with the Order of Honor, the press service of the head of state reports.

In accordance with the presidential decree, the high award was given to the scientist for great personal merits in the field of healthcare, high professionalism and in connection with the 80th anniversary of his birth.

South Ossetian chess players are participating in the online match with chess players from the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic. The international competitions are dedicated to the 78th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

In South Ossetia, the event is being held at the Russian House in Tskhinval.

According to the head of the official representation of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic in South Ossetia Alan Pliev, the event is being held for the first time.

President Alan Gagloev took part in the events on the occasion of the celebration of the Day of St. George the Victorious in the village of Laba in Karachay-Cherkessia, the second homeland of the poet and founder of the Ossetian literature Kost Khetagurov. This was reported by the press service of the head of state.

The mayor of Cherkessk Aleksey Baskaev, the mayor of Karachaevsk Marat Urusov, the head of the Karachaev district Spartak Kushcheterov also took part in the events.

Contacts of South Ossetia with the republics of the North Caucasus Federal District should be intensified at all levels, and the trip of President Alan Gagloev to Mineralnye Vody once again showed that the leadership of the Republic is giving and will continue to give this priority attention. This is stated in the comments of the first Deputy Head of the Presidential Executive Office Soslan Dzhusoev, posted on the website of the Presidential Executive Office

In South Ossetia, the decision of the operational meeting of the Security Council introduces a ban on the use of drones during events dedicated to Victory Day - May 9, the press secretary of the President of the Republic Natalia Bosikova said.

"In order to implement additional measures to ensure security in the Republic during the celebration of Victory Day: in the period from 09.00 May 7 to 09.00 May 10, is introduced a ban on the use of unmanned aerial vehicles of any type in the airspace of the Republic," Bosikova said.

The State Security Committee of South Ossetia is implementing a set of measures to ensure control of the airspace of the Republic and suppress possible flights of unmanned aerial vehicles, the press service of the department reports.

"In order to further ensure security in the Republic during the celebration of Victory Day, from 09.00 on May 7 to 09.00 on May 10, the operational meeting of the Security Council introduced a ban on the use of unmanned aerial vehicles of any type in the South Ossetian airspace," the press service said.

The participation of South Ossetia in such events as the first Caucasian Investment Exhibition in Mineralnye Vody creates a positive image for the Republic, Vyacheslav Dzhabiev, a scientist, head of the socio-economic research department of the South Ossetia Research Institute noted in a commentary to Res.