Archive - 2025

On Tuesday, Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia, Akhsar Dzhioev, received the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross Representative Office in the Republic, Said Assadullah, and the head of the ICRC Protection Department, Marko Doshlak.

According to the press service of the Foreign Ministry, during the conversation, a number of practical issues related to the implementation of humanitarian projects of the ICRC Representative Office in South Ossetia have been discussed.

South Ossetia will be hosting the events dedicated to the 17th anniversary of the Georgian aggression against South Ossetia in August 2008.

As reported to IA "Res" by the Republican Commission for the Preparation and Holding of the State-Significant Events, from August 1 to 8, the Republic's media will be presenting the materials, photo and video evidence, as well as films dedicated to the 08.08.08 August war.

A photo exhibition "08.08.08 - 08.08.25" will be opened in Tskhinval, dedicated to the 17th anniversary of the Georgian aggression against South Ossetia in August 2008. The event will take place at the memorial complex "To the Defenders of the Fatherland".

As director of the National Museum Merab Zasseev told IA "Res", the exhibition would allow visitors to see the most relevant and significant moments captured in photographs, demonstrating the period from the moment of aggression to the present day.

The first banknote of Ossetia will be presented at the world's largest numismatic exhibition

The world's largest numismatic and bonistic exhibition in Europe is the best place where we can present the first banknote of South Ossetia, collector and dealer, founder of the Zemlyakov Papermoney.pro company Alexey Zemlyakov told the Res news agency.

The Bank of Alania has agreed to present the banknote at a specialized event in Holland.

In South Ossetia, the currency unit will be presented as part of the First International Economic Forum.

Chairman of the National Bank of the Republic of South Ossetia Soslan Bekoev discussed the promotion of the South Ossetian banknote with the founder of the Zemlyakov Papermoney.pro company Alexey Zemlyakov.

The company carries out the assessment, purchase, sale, grading of bonistic and numismatic material.

A memorial stone was laid in the Kursk region to the Hero of Russia Marat Tibilov cadet corps.

The head of the Russian Guard Viktor Zolotov and acting governor Alexander Khinshtein took part in the laying of the memorial stone.

The institution with a total area of over 60 thousand square meters will include an educational building for 350 students, two residential buildings and a sports building.

South Ossetian weightlifter Alexander Bagaev won silver at the European Championship, the press service of the Republic's Sports Committee reports.

The tournament was held in Madrid. Alexander Bagaev competed in the 94 kg weight class.

"Alexander has demonstrated outstanding form: he lifted 146 kg in the snatch, 184 kg in the clean and jerk, setting a new European record and winning a silver medal - he lost to the current world champion in the final," the press service has noted.

Earlier, Bagaev has also won bronze at the World Youth Championship in Peru.

Bilateral consultations planned within the framework of the work plan for 2024-2025 between the Foreign Ministries of South Ossetia and Russia were held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

The meetings were held with the participation of Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Akhsar Dzhioev and his First Deputy Andrei Tskhovrebov.

During the consultations, the parties discussed key issues of interdepartmental cooperation and interaction in the international foreign policy arena.

The famous Ossetian boxer Murat Gassiev will meet Pole Andrzej Wawrzyk in Miami in August in his next fight. This was reported to Match TV by Secretary General of the European Boxing Confederation (EUBC), a promoter Kirill Shchekutyev.

"Murat Gassiev's next fight will take place on August 23 in Miami. His opponent will be Pole Andrzej Wawrzyk. The fight will be scheduled for 10 rounds," Shchekutyev said.

At the end of October 2024, Gassiev knocked out Dane Kem Ljungqvist in the fifth round at the IBA Night of Champions tournament (now IBA.PRO) in Yerevan.

A memorial service will be held on August 8 in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow for the fallen civilians of South Ossetia, the defenders of Tskhinval, the Ossetian and Russian servicemen of the Peacekeeping Forces, the soldiers and officers of the Russian army who, at the cost of their lives, defended South Ossetia from physical destruction.

This was reported by the Embassy of the Republic of South Ossetia in the Russian Federation.