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South Ossetian President Anatoly Bibilov took part in the Victory Day parade on Red Square on Wednesday. Before the celebrations began, Russian President Vladimir Putin met guests, including the South Ossetian leader in the Kremlin Palace.

Anatoly Bibilov congratulated Vladimir Putin on behalf of the people of South Ossetia and thanked for the invitation.

The Victory Parade was held in the capital of Russia. Vladimir Putin with ten country leaders laid flowers in the Alexander Garden at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

The government of South Ossetia on Tuesday adopted a new resolution providing for the extension of the state border crossing procedure until 23.59 minutesю July 31, 2020. Previously, the ban on crossing the state border through the checkpoint "Ruck" was valid until June 30.

South Ossetia should talk about the recognition of genocide at all levels and declare it at all venues,” said Robert Gagloyty, Director of the South Ossetian Research Institute.

These days, the Republic is holding commemorative events dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the genocide of the South Ossetian people committed by Georgia. June 20, 1920 13 communards were shot.

The Parliament of the Republic of Abkhazia adopted a statement supporting the appeal of the South Ossetian Foreign Ministry to the governments of the world over the 100th anniversary of the Ossetian genocide, the official website says.

In South Ossetia over the past day 66 tests were conducted for coronavirus, one of them showed a positive result - a cadet who had returned home from Russia, Anna Gagloeva, Deputy Head of the South-Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee, told IA "Res» on Tuesday.

According to Gagloeva, another five people recovered from the coronavirus and were discharged from the hospital. In total, there were 84 cases for the entire period, of which 50 people recovered and were discharged from the medical facility.

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the genocide of the Ossetian people, the Official Representation of the Republic of South Ossetia in Transnistria, with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Transnistria, held a memory action.

There are 181 people under observation in South Ossetia, no new cases of coronavirus have been detected, Anna Gagloeva, Deputy Head of the South-Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee, told IA "Res» on Monday.

"According to data on the morning of June 22, 38 people with laboratory-confirmed coronavirus are being treated at the Tskhinval infectious diseases hospital, of which 37 are cadets and one from the medical staff. In total, 83 were ill for the entire period, 45 of them recovered and were discharged from the medical institution," - said Gagloeva.

The genocide of 1920, carried out by Georgia, is one of the gravest crimes against the Ossetian people, head of the Department of history of Ossetia and Caucasian studies of the South Ossetia State University, Candidate of History, Professor Yuri Gagloty said in a comment to IA "RES".

“The whole tragedy of these events lies in the fact that the Georgian professional mobilized army with officers who had been trained in the Russian imperial army were practically fighting against the unarmed Ossetian people,” the historian said.

Commemorative events took place on Saturday in the various cities of Italy, as well as in the Republic of San Marino on the Apennines, on the occasion of the centenary of the Ossetian genocide committed by Georgian forces in South Ossetia.

Ossetians living in Holland and Belgium honored with a minute of silence the memory of the victims of the genocide of the Ossetian people in 1920. Turning to compatriots by video link, Ossetians living in Europe joined the nationwide minute of silence.