The de facto Security Committee of the occupied region of South Ossetia will close the so-called border during the second round of Georgia's presidential elections.

"South Ossetia's State Security Committee reports that during the second round of Georgian presidential elections will suspend functioning of border checkpoints from 20:00 on November 27, which is related to steeping up security measures. The functioning of checkpoints will resume at 6:00 am, November 29," the de-facto State Security Committee reports.