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Financial requirements for the Russian tour operators working with Abkhazia, Belarus and South Ossetia will be reduced from September; this will allow for expansion of the range of affordable tours in these countries, the press service of the Russian Ministry of Economic Development reports.

As indicated by the Ministry, the Cabinet of Ministers approved a list of neighboring states with favorable conditions for the stay of Russian tourists. The list has includes Abkhazia, Belarus and South Ossetia.

The decision of the Venezuelan leadership to recognize the sovereignty of South Ossetia, taken on September 10, 2009, was a landmark moment in the modern history of our state and a powerful act of international solidarity, head of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Akhsar Dzhioev has noted the n the congratulatory message to Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Ivan Gil Pinto on the occasion of the significant date.

The four-day international exercises of Special Forces of the enforcement agencies of Ministries of Justice of Abkhazia, Russia and South Ossetia have ended in Sukhum.

The exercises were dedicated to the memory of the first president and national leader Vladislav Ardzinba.

South Ossetia was represented by employees of the Bailiff Service headed by Vadim Dzhagaev.

Holding the International Economic forum in Tskhinva is a significant step in positioning South Ossetia in the all-Russian and, possibly, in the CIS space. This was noted by Candidate of Economics, professor, research fellow at the South Ossetian Research Institute Elkan Kharebov.

According to Kharebov, a significant representation at the Forum, including the leading Russian banks and development corporations such as VEB.RF and Kavkaz.RF, gives the event the international status.

South Ossetia has handed over to Georgia its citizen Korashvili Tengiz, who served a sentence for illegally crossing the state border. This was reported by the press service of the KGB of the Republic.

It was reminded that 36-year-old resident of the city of Kaspi, the Kaspi municipality, Korashvili Tengiz detained by the border guards in the village of Amdzarin, Leningor district on August 19, 2025 .

It was established that the said foreigner, in a state of alcoholic intoxication, intentionally crossed the state border of the Republic of South Ossetia with Georgia.

Ambassador of South Ossetia to Russia Znaur Gassiev addressed the words of greetings to Ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to Russia Jesus Rafael Salazar Velasquez on the occasion of the 16th anniversary of the recognition of the independence of the Republic of South Ossetia by Venezuela. This was reported by the press service of the diplomatic department.

“In the history of the people of South Ossetia, the date of September 10, 2009 will forever remain one of the most significant events and a symbol of solidarity and the triumph of justice,” the message says.

The law-enforcement officers of the Znaur district police department of South Ossetia detained a violator of the state border, the press service of the Interior Ministry reports.

“A resident of the Gori district of Georgia illegally crossed the state border of the Republic of South Ossetia on a tractor last night near the village of Nikozi and headed towards Znaur district, where he was detained by a patrol squad of the district police department,” the Ministry of Internal Affairs has reported.

The date of September 9, 2008 marked the beginning of the fundamentally new stage of bilateral relations filled with the spirit of alliance and mutual trust, according to the congratulatory message of the South Ossetian Foreign Minister Akhsar Dzhioev to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

Tuesday marks 17 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

The events of seventeen years ago laid the foundation for the current stage of development of the South Ossetian-Russian comprehensive cooperation, according to the press release of the MFA of South Ossetia on the 17th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the RSO and the Russian Federation.

A representative of South Ossetia is taking part in the XII regional conference of Russian compatriots in neighboring countries.

The event on the topic "The Russian World in Defense of the Victory Heritage: History, Culture, Continuity of Generations" is taking place in Bishkek, Svetlana Kotaeva, Chairperson of the Coordinating Council of Public Organizations of Russian Compatriots (KSORS), who is representing the Republic at the Forum, told IA "Res".