Archive - 2020

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia announced on Monday a decision to suspend the issuance of permits to enter the Republic for foreign citizens (except for citizens of the Russian Federation) for a month.

According to the press service of the Foreign ministry on Monday evening, the decision was made according to the order of the Chairman of the Government of South Ossetia.

The Geneva discussions on Transcaucasia, scheduled for March 31 - April 1, were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement, head of the South Ossetian delegation Murat Dzhioev told IA "Res "on Monday.

"We have just received a letter from the co-chairs of the Geneva discussions to reschedule the meeting. The participants in the discussions cannot take part in it because of the situation with coronavirus in Europe. The date of the next meeting is still unknown," he said.

In Tskhinval, South Ossetian scientists have been presented the collections of reports of the international scientific conference. The conference was held on November 27-28, 2019 and was dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Neuilly Peace Treaty. The event was organized by the Bulgarian Military Historical Commission in Paris / Neuilly-sur-Seine (France) under the slogan "The war, which was supposed to put an end to all wars."

Deputy Head of the Presidential Executive Office of South Ossetia Alan Dzhussoev told reporters about the results of the meeting of the presidents of South Ossetia and Russia Anatoly Bibilov and Vladimir Putin and further tasks to implement the reached agreements.

A meeting of the presidents of South Ossetia and Russia Anatoly Bibilov and Vladimir Putin took place in Moscow. South Ossetian experts shared their opinion and expectations from the talks between the leaders of the two countries with IA Res.

Head of the Information and Analytical Directorate of the Presidential Executive Office of South Ossetia, Yuri Vazagov:

A young singer from South Ossetia, winner of several competitions and festivals Leyla Margieva, presented Ossetia at the international talent festival, which is taking place in France. As the vocalist herself told the “Res” news agency, the festival was held in Paris as part of the project “The Caucasus is the Pearl of Russia”.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has noted the positive dynamics in the development of Russian-South Ossetian relations and the growth of trade between the two countries over the past year.

In Tskhinval, was drawn attention to very incorrect statements addressed to South Ossetia, which the acting head of the EU Observer Mission in Georgia Kate Fierron recently allowed herself.

South Ossetian vocalist, laureate of festivals and competitions Leyla Margieva on Tuesday will take part in the international talent festival, which is taking place in France. The singer herself reported this to the “Res” news agency.

Margieva has noted that she is in Paris and today her first performance will take place.

“The festival will be held during the week and representatives of 36 countries will take part in it. I will perform four compositions, including one in Ossetian sing “Iry chyzdzhyta”, and one song in French,” she shared.

The head of the Donetsk People’s Republic Denis Pushilin proposed to erect a monument to the fallen heroes of the DPR from invalids of the South Ossetian war by May 11, to the Independence Day of the DPR with the participation of the President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov. He stated this at a meeting with a delegation of the Support Fund for the Wounded, and Disabled during the Hostilities in South Ossetia from 1989 to 2008, which paid a working visit to the DPR.