Archive - 4/2025

Alan Gagloev and Badra Gunba will instruct the governments of their countries to prepare the agreement on duty-free import of goods to the territory of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, said press Secretary of the President, Natalya Bosikova.

During a telephone conversation, President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev and President of Abkhazia Badra Gunba discussed key issues of the agreement on the regime of trade in goods, which will soon be signed between the government of South Ossetia and the cabinet of ministers of Abkhazia.

South Ossetia is participating in the Forum "Women of the Russian Diaspora: Preserving the Past, Creating the Future" in Qatar.

The Republic is represented at the IV Eurasian Meeting of Russian Compatriots in Doha by the Chairperson of the Coordinating Council of Public Organizations of Russian Compatriots (KSORS) in the Republic of South Ossetia Svetlana Kotaeva.

As reported to IA "Res" by Kotaeva, the program of the meeting includes discussions and master classes dedicated to the role of women in modern society, preserving historical memory and intercultural dialogue.

On Wednesday, South Ossetian President Alan Gagloev inspected the work of the Alan Kamen stone processing plant.

Elbrus Kochiev, CEO of the natural stone mining and processing company LLC Impuls-A, showed the head of state the process of manufacturing products from local stone and spoke about the work of the enterprise.

As noted by Kochiev, orders for the plant's products are already coming from many cities in Russia.

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.