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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.

The active work of the South Ossetian delegation at the ground of the Caucasian Investment Exhibition was aimed at strengthening and further developing friendly ties with the regions of the North Caucasus. Yuri Vazagov, head of the Information and Analytical Department of the Office of the President of South Ossetia, noted this in a commentary to the "Res," news agency.

The victory and the role of the Ossetians participating in the Great Patriotic War were discussed at the round table at the South Ossetian State University. The event was dedicated to the 78th anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Second World War.

The conference participants have become political scientists, philosophers, historians, representatives of the Russian Embassy in South Ossetia, representatives of Rossotrudnichestvo and students.

The participation of South Ossetia in the first Caucasian Investment Exhibition in Mineralnye Vody is of great importance for the South Ossetian producers, said Marina Dzigoeva, Chairman of the Union of Entrepreneurs of the Republic, in a commentary to IA “Res”.

She has noted that the producers were given a good opportunity to present their products.

In South Ossetia, two Georgian citizens were fined and expelled from the Republic for violating the state border. This was reported by the press service of the KGB of South Ossetia.

According to the Committee, residents of the village of Dvani, the Karelian municipality of Georgia, Akhalkatsi Chito and Mamagulashvili Gocha, were detained by the South Ossetian border guards at the end of April in the vicinity of the village of Chorbaul, Znaur district.