Archive - 2025

South Ossetia is one of Russia's most reliable friends and partners, with whom we have been walking together for quite a long time. This was stated by the head of Rossotrudnichestvo Yevgeny Primakov, answering a question from the IA "Res" correspondent during the online conference dedicated to the 100th anniversary of public diplomacy.

"Our cooperation began long before 2008. Russia was the first to recognize the independence of South Ossetia. Despite the small population of the Republic, strong ties, including family ties, make us very close friends and allies," he said.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of South Ossetia to Russia Znaur Gassiev took part in the discussion of the work of the International Forum "Great Heritage - Common Future".

As reported by the press service of the diplomatic department, Gassiev took part in the event at the invitation of the leadership of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.

South Ossetia is aimed to build the independent state and does not intend to change the vector of its development and the desire to comprehensively strengthening relations with the guarantor of its security - the Russian Federation. This statement was made by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, commenting on the recent speech of Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze.

The appearance of the High-Mountain Brewery products on the shelves of the Russian hypermarket chain Lenta marks the entry of the South Ossetian goods to the federal level and the beginning of a new page in the development of the national brand, Taimuraz Goginov, the trade representative of South Ossetia in Russia, noted in a commentary to IA "Res ".

South Ossetia is discussing with the Russian party the possibility of excluding residents of the Republic who do not have Russian citizenship from the new rules for crossing the border with the Russian Federation, Foreign Minister Akhsar Dzhioev said at the session in the Parliament.

According to the new regulations, from June 30, 2025, foreigners will be required to undergo fingerprinting and photographing upon entry into Russia.

South Ossetian marbleized limestone was used in the construction of the Moscow metro stations and ceremonial buildings of the Stalin era. The stone processing enterprise LLC Impuls-A (Alan Kamen) shared the information in its Telegram channel.

"Part of the Paveletskaya metro station in Moscow is faced with noble marbleized limestone mined in South Ossetia.

For connoisseurs of paleontology, these stones are a real calling card of the Moscow metro: fossils from the Jurassic deposits of South Ossetia and Crimea are forever imprinted in their structure.

Using the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism format to promote biased narratives for propaganda purposes is extremely counterproductive, the South Ossetian KGB noted, commenting on the Georgian State Security Service statement.

There are positive changes in the issue of border violations by the EUMM (European Union Monitoring Mission) observers, Egor Kochiev, Deputy Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy of South Ossetia for Post-Conflict Settlement and yjr head of the South Ossetian delegation to the IPRM said, following the 124th meeting within the framework of the IPRM.

The issue of removing the illegal Georgian police post from the territory of the South Ossetian village of Uista was again discussed at the 124th meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms (IPRM). Deputy Plenipotentiary Presidential Envoy of South Ossetia for Post-Conflict Resolution, the head of the South Ossetian delegation to the IPRM Egor Kochiev has emphasized that the South Ossetian party has been raising this issue constantly and expressed hope for a speedy resolution of the problem.

A meeting between South Ossetian leader Alan Gagloev and Abkhazian President Badra Gunba took place in Sukhum. This was reported by the press service of the head of the Republic of South Ossetia.

As noted by the press service, at the beginning of the meeting Gunba greeted Gagloev and thanked him for the visit.

He has noted that peoples of the two republics are united by a common history, a common desire to preserve their identity, culture, originality, and language.