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South Ossetia does not yet see the threat of Georgia opening a second front against Russia, Foreign Minister of the Republic Akhsar Dzhioev said at the briefing in Tskhinval.

“I don’t think that Georgia has a great desire to attack South Ossetia and Russia, a nuclear power. There are no such short-sighted politicians there yet. The last of these is located in places that are not so remote (editor’s note from Saakashvili),” Dzhioev said.

He has emphasized that Russia is a strategic partner of South Ossetia, a guarantor of peace and security for the people of the Republic.

After the victory of Vladimir Putin, South Ossetia will continue to interact in very close contact with Russian colleagues and progressively develop, Foreign Minister Akhsar Dzhioev said at the briefing in Tskhinval.

The Union State of Russia and Belarus is a very important body with which South Ossetia would like to cooperate, but it is too early to talk about joining it, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic, Akhsar Dzhioev, noted at the briefing at the Information and Press Committee of the Republic.

“We have contacts with the bodies of the Union State. We maintain relations with its standing committee. Last year we had the opportunity to participate in the Union State event in Brest, and we are planning this year too,” Dzhioev said.

The leader of South Ossetia, Alan Gagloev, congratulated Vladimir Putin on his election victory and re-election as President of the Russian Federation.

Gagloev noted that Putin’s leadership, as well as his leadership of the country made possible a huge leap in the country’s development and an impressive strengthening of Russia’s position in the world.

At the Zguder cemetery in Tskhinval, at the mass grave where 12 Ossetian guys are buried, flowers were laid.

On Monday, South Ossetia is commemorating the victims of the Ered tragedy - one of the most monstrous and cruel crimes in the modern history of Ossetia.

Hundreds of citizens came to pay tribute to the memory of the victims: representatives of the leadership of the Republic, the Russian Embassy, residents, employees of the ministries, departments, and relatives of the victims.

On the day of the Ered tragedy, South Ossetia commemorates its innocently murdered citizens year after year, announcing to the world about the gravest crime against humanity, which still shocks by its particular cruelty. This is stated in the address of President of the Republic Alan Gagloev in connection with the 33rd anniversary of the Ered tragedy.

The head of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev had a telephone conversation with President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, the press service of the leader of the Republic of South Ossetia reported on Monday.

According to the press service, Alan Gagloev congratulated Vladimir Putin on his own behalf and on behalf of the entire people of South Ossetia on his victory in the elections and re-election to the post of President of the Russian Federation.

In South Ossetia, more than 15 thousand citizens voted in the presidential elections of Russia at 2 p.m. on Sunday, head of the consular department of the Russian Embassy in South Ossetia Stepan Tapanan told IA "Res".

The Embassy provides figures on the number of citizens who took part in the elections taking into account early voting.

Voting in the Russian presidential election is on its third day. Sunday is the main voting day.

Russia will continue to provide assistance to South Ossetia in building a modern and economically self-sufficient state, Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev said during the meeting with a delegation of South Ossetian observers led by Chairman of the Republic Parliament Alan Alborov.

The events of the 2014 “Crimean Spring” and the results of the Crimean referendum were an act of restoring historical justice, the South Ossetian Foreign Ministry said.