A meeting took place in Moscow between Ambassador of South Ossetia to the Russian Federation, Znaur Gassiev, and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Mikhail Galuzin. This was reported by the press service of the Republican Embassy in the Russian Federation.
Representatives of South Ossetia and Abkhazia will be invited to take part in the “Memory Train” trip. This was announced by Secretary of State of the Union State Dmitry Mezentsev.
According to TASS, the organizers of the “Memory Train” project will expect participants from all the CIS countries in 2024.
Mezentsev has noted that this Russian-Belarusian project is a project of all those who cherish the memory of the feat of the Soviet people.
“Of course, we will invite representatives of South Ossetia and Abkhazia on the trip,” he has emphasized.
The leadership of South Ossetia will provide all possible support for the decent holding of Russian presidential elections on the territory of the Republic, head of state Alan Gagloev noted during the extended meeting with the participation of heads of ministries and departments, heads of the city and district administrations.
On January 10, a document between Russia and South Ossetia on the abolition of export customs duties on the export of Russian oil products and gas to the Republic comes into force.
The protocol of amendments to the agreement on the trade regime between the countries was published on the portal of legal acts. The document was signed in Moscow on December 30, 2023.
Festive services on Christmas night were held in Tskhinval in the Churches of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Most Holy Trinity of the Russian Orthodox Church, in which hundreds of Orthodox Christians took part.
Together with the parishioners, President Alan Gagloev and representatives of the government and parliament took part in the services. The head of state attended services in the churches of the Most Holy Theotokos and the Most Holy Trinity.
In the Cathedral Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Tskhinval, preparations for the Nativity of Christ are in full swing, the press service of the temple writes .
Since the morning, the temple is being cleaned. The Nativity scene has already been installed. And very soon it will sparkle with festive lights.
The participation of the country's President Vladimir Putin in the upcoming Russian elections became the subject of discussion at the first meeting of the new Council of the Moscow Ossetian Community.
According to the organization's press service, Putin's confidant Valery Gazzaev made a proposal to support the nomination of the head of state for a new presidential term.
The initiative was supported by members of the organization.
One of the priority areas for South Ossetia is establishing contacts with the Union State of Russia and Belarus, according to the statement of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia dedicated to the results of the year.
The Ministry has noted that the Republic is taking certain steps to establish the new and strengthen the existing ties with the Union State.
In the external sphere, the main threat to the national security of South Ossetia and the region as a whole remains the unsettled relations with Georgia and its reluctance to sign a legally binding document on the non-use of force, the statement of the South Ossetian Foreign Ministry on the results of the year reads.
The Ministry has noted that Tbilisi refuses to recognize the existing geopolitical realities.
South Ossetian President Alan Gagloev met on Friday with the relatives of fighters perished during the Russian special military operation to protect civilians in the Donbass.
The head of state has emphasized that the pain experienced by the relatives of the fallen heroes cannot be relieved.
Alan Gagloev assured that the state is always ready to provide their families with comprehensive support.
