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A roundtable discussion, "The Dialogue of Cultures in Modern Times," was held in Tskhinval as part of the Year of Unity of the Peoples of Russia.

Representatives of the South Ossetian Presidential Executive Office, representatives of the Republic's academic and creative intelligentsia, representatives of the Russian Embassy in the republic, and guests from North Ossetia participated in the event.

Presidential State Advisor Batradz Begizov read out a welcoming address on behalf of President Alan Gagloev to the participants.

South Ossetian President Alan Gagloev met with Valery Savlaev, official representative of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania in the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol, a member of the International Public Chamber, and representatives of the International Public Movement "Supreme Council of Ossetians" from the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania.

The delegation arrived in Tskhinval to participate in the roundtable, the Presidential press service reported.

Soslan Bekoev, Chairman of the National Bank of South Ossetia, took part in the events dedicated to the 35th anniversary of the Bank of Abkhazia and the republic's banking system, the financial institution's press service reports.

Speaking at the ceremonial meeting attended by the President and members of the Government of Abkhazia, Soslan Bekoev noted the strategic approach of the Abkhaz leadership, which laid the foundation for financial independence 35 years ago, at the dawn of the independent Abkhaz state.

Тhe South Ossetian Foreign Ministry stated the need to comply with international law to quickly de-escalate the situation around the Islamic Republic of Iran and return the situation to the negotiating track. This was stated in the message released by the Foreign Ministry on Sunday.

Teimuraz Kokoev, a well-known South Ossetian scientist and the head of the biology department at the South Ossetian State University, has received the invitation to participate in the 13th International Congress on Microscopy and Spectroscopy (INTERM).

As reported to IA "Res" by Kokoev himself, the scientific forum will be held from April 2 to 8, 2026, in the city of Mugla, Turkey.

The Leningor District Court of South Ossetia found the Georgian citizen Konstantin Abaishvili guilty of the illegally crossing the state border, sentencing him to a fine and subsequent deportation, the State Security Committee (KGB) of the Republic of South Ossetia reports.

According to the agency, on January 20, 2026, the South Ossetian border guards detained a 37-year-old Konstantin Abaishvili, a resident of the village of Tsitelubani in the Gori Municipality.

He was detained near the village of Amdzarin in Leningor District.

South Ossetian President Alan Gagloev met with the members participating in the special military operation in Tskhinvali The head of state expressed gratitude to the soldiers for their courage, fortitude, and dedication in carrying out combat missions.

During the conversation, Gagloev has noted that the Republic's leadership and people are especially eager for the defenders to return home.

A large-scale exhibition of modern military equipment and weaponry was held on Theater Square in the capital of South Ossetia, timed to coincide with Defender of the Fatherland Day and the 33rd anniversary of the founding of the Defense Ministry of the Republic.

Residents and visitors to the city were presented with modern weapons and combat equipment in service with the armies of South Ossetia and Russia.

The event was organized by the Defense Ministry of the Republic of South Ossetia jointly with the command of the 4th Guards Military Base of the Russian Federation.

The leadership and representatives of the Russian Embassy in South Ossetia and the Russian military base laid flowers at the monuments to servicemen who had perished in 2008, the diplomatic service's press service reported.

The event was organized ahead of the Defender of the Fatherland Day.

"Russian Ambassador to the Republic Marat Kulakhmetov, the Embassy staff, and the leadership and servicemen of the 4th Russian Military Base took part in the flower-laying ceremonies on the occasion of Defender of the Fatherland Day," the press service has noted.

The Georgian citizen who had violated the South Ossetian state border was fined by a court and sent home, the KGB press service reports

"On December 23, 2025, the Georgian citizen Teimuraz Areshovich Zadishvili, born in 1992, a resident of the village of Zadiantkari in the Kareli Municipality, was detained by the South Ossetian border guards for illegally crossing the South Ossetian state border," the press service reported.

It was established that the violator had intentionally crossed the South Ossetian-Georgian border near the village of Orchosan in Leningor District.