Государственное информационное агентство "Рес"

Foreign observers are expected to arrive in South Ossetia to monitor the presidential elections on April 10, Foreign Minister Dmitry Medoev told the IA “Res”.

"In addition to a solid delegation from Russia, the fraternal republics of Donbass, delegations from Abkhazia, Austria, Venezuela, Germany, Nagorno-Karabakh, Nicaragua, Turkey, Finland and other countries with which we have good relations will arrive to observe the elections," the Minister has noted.

Medoev has stressed the importance of the presence of the election observers.

President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov, together with a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, the head of the "Combat Brotherhood" Dmitry Sablin, arrived in Mariupol, where they visited the city hospital and handed over a batch of drugs necessary for a medical institution, the presidential press service reported.

President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov met with the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin in Donetsk, the press service of the head of state reported.

The meeting was also attended by the heads of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of South Ossetia and the DPR Azamat Chochiev and Alexei Kostrubitsky.

Denis Pushilin noted the importance of the assistance of the South Ossetian people for the residents of Donbass.

The meeting of the Security Council of South Ossetia was held on Friday, the presidential press service reported.

At the beginning of the meeting, President Anatoly Bibilov has noted that the only issue on the agenda is the situation around the Republic after he announced his intention to take steps to join the Republic to the Russian Federation.

President of the Republic of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov will visit Donbass, Dina Gassieva, press Secretary of the President of the Republic, told journalists on Friday.

"Anatoly Ilyich will go to the Donbass, he said this while sending humanitarian aid," she has specified.

South Ossetia sent 20 tons of humanitarian aid to the Donbass and the liberated territories of Ukraine. Sending help will continue.

On February 26, 42 people evacuated from the Donetsk People's Republic arrived in Tskhinval - women with children. Among them are 24 children, including infants.

The Honored Artist of South Ossetia Robert Kulumbegov has perished in Donbas, he was 48 years old, Oleg Marzoev, a military expert from North Ossetia, announced this on his telegram channel.

More than 40 international observers will be monitoring the upcoming presidential elections in South Ossetia, which are scheduled for April 10. This was reported to the “Res” news agency by the CEC Secretary Kristina Avlokhova.

According to her, South Ossetia is waiting for the arrival of delegations from Abkhazia, the Lugansk People's Republic and the Russian Federation, including representatives of North Ossetia.

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

A commemorative event dedicated to the Death Day of the great Ossetian poet, the founder of the Ossetian literature Kosat Levanovich Khetagurov was held in Tskhinval on Friday.

The event was attended by the staff of the Ministry of Culture of South Ossetia, headed by Minister Zhanna Zasseyeva, representatives of the city's libraries, residents of the Republic.

After laying flowers at the monument to Kosta Khetagurov in the center of the capital, those present honored the memory of the poet with a minute of silence.

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.