Государственное информационное агентство "Рес"

At the initiative of the Russian House in Tskhinval, a ceremony of raising the Russian flag and presenting gratitude to the most active citizens of South Ossetia will be held in front of the representative office on Thursday.

This was announced at the press conference by the head of the Rossotrudnichestvo representative office in the Republic, Sergei Komissarov.

The event is timed to coincide with the national holiday – Russia Day.

In South Ossetia, Alan Pliev (Ars), a resident of the village of Kornis in Znaur district, who died from wounds received while performing a combat mission in the special military operation zone, has been bidden farewell.

Pliev died from his injuries in a military hospital in St. Petersburg.

The Republic's leadership, headed by President Alan Gagloev Russian Ambassador to South Ossetia Marat Kulakhmetov, representatives of law enforcement agencies and the public came to bid farewell to the fighter on his final journey.

A round table on the topic "Russia and South Ossetia: the dynamics of strengthening friendship and cooperation" was held in the capital of South Ossetia.

The event, timed to coincide with the celebration of Russia Day, was organized by the South Ossetian political party "Unity".

Minister of Education and Science of South Ossetia Aslan Lolaev, at the invitation of Minister of Education of the Russian Federation Sergey Kravtsov, will take part in the III International Forum of Ministers of Education "Shaping the Future", the press service of the Ministry of Education reported to IA "Res".

The event will be held from June 11 to 12 at the site of the Bashir Rameev IT Park in Kazan.

Parliamentarians of South Ossetia took part in the International Festival "Great Russian Word" in Crimea.

The event was attended by Deputy Chairman of the Parliament, Head of the Parliamentary Committee on Education and Science Taimuraz Tadtayev and Head of the Parliamentary Committee on National Policy, Culture, Religion and Media Ruslan Khubezhty, the press service of the legislative body reports.

Minister of Internal Affairs, Lieutenant General of Police Alan Guchmazov, held a meeting with representatives of the Main Directorate for Migration Issues of Russia, who arrived in the Republic to implement the decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin on a simplified procedure for the admission of citizens of the Republic of South Ossetia to Russian citizenship, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reports.

South Ossetia handed over to Georgia two of its citizens who served their sentences for illegally crossing the state border of the Republic of South Ossetia, the press service of the KGB of the Republic reports.

The previously detained Georgian citizens Tenadze Leonid, born in 1979, and Tenadze Tariel, born in 1986, residents of the village of Plavismani in the Gori municipality, were found guilty by the Tskhinval District Court of illegally crossing the state border and sentenced to imprisonment.

In Tskhinval, Ilya Siukaev, a participant in the special military operation, was bidden farewell. His life was tragically cut short on May 25 in Gorlovka while performing his military duty.

The young fighter was killed as a result of a mortar attack on the car in which he was heading on a combat mission.

Hundreds of the South Ossetian residents gathered to pay their respect and bid farewell to Siukaev on his final journey.

South Ossetia is preparing to enter the Russian market with a unique product — pink marble. The natural stone mining and processing company Impuls-A has begun to develop a quarry, where industrial mining of the elite stone will begin in the near future.

As reported to IA "Res" by the company's General Director Elbrus Kochiev, partners from the largest cities in Russia have already shown interest in South Ossetian marble.

The South Ossetian State University Museum received the Austrian coin of 1780 as a gift from the official representative of the Republic's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Austria, Patrick Poppel, the University's press service reports.

"A working meeting was held at the University between Rector of the South Ossetian State University Vadim Tedeev and Patrick Poppel, the guest also met with the staff of the English Department and students, he told them about his activities," the press service reported.

The meeting continued in a question-and-answer format.